51+ min ago   (277+ words) The two semi-trailer electric trucks have been customised specifically for LKAB, each boasting a payload capacity of just over 70 tonnes and a battery energy volume of 624 kilowatt-hours (kWh). It is not the first Scania electric truck LKAB has been using,…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (329+ words) Friday, August 21, 2026 Chinese environmental technology firm Zijin Longking has unveiled its latest battery electric mining truck, a 350-tonne behemoth that the company proudly boasts is the largest-tonnage battery electric mining truck in China – and so likely the world. Zijin Longking,…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (404+ words) BHP to trial "dynamic" charging for its electric haul trucks, and more electric locomotives, as it pockets an estimated $548 million in diesel fuel credits....

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (315+ words) Monday, August 10, 2026 The world’s first sodium-ion electric mining trucks have been debuted in China, boasting total battery capacity of 676 kilowatt-hours (kWh) and charging to 100 per cent in as little as 25 minutes. Chinese sodium-ion battery manufacturer HiNa Battery Technology (also known…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (58+ words) Fortescue says one of its iron ore mines now features an entirely electric fleet of excavators, each saving one million litres of diesel a year. And they are more productive....

1+ mon, 23+ hour ago   (1118+ words) Friday, July 24, 2026 A tractor in a paddock isn’t using a public road. Neither is a 400-tonne mining haul truck at the bottom of an open-cut pit. Only one of them is being used as the poster child for a campaign…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (384+ words) Friday, July 24, 2026 Mining giant Fortescue has been trialling the first prototypes of the massive electric equipment that will replace its existing diesel machines as it seeks to phase out the burning of fossil fuels at its Pilbara mines by the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (484+ words) One of Australia’s largest ports will use electric trucks in its operations and consider further investments after a $7 million trial found the vehicles cut both operating costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Patrick Terminals released the results of its trial on…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (241+ words) The Blacktown City Council western Sydney has unveiled a new fully electric heavy truck, which it says is custom-made to replace two ageing diesel trucks and two trailers. The new electric heavy ‘beavertail’ truck, which has been dubbed ‘Cleopatra’ by…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (385+ words) An Australian company will test whether it can reduce emissions from electric vehicle batteries in a $38 million trial that could boost the nation’s export potential. Western Australia firm PLS revealed on Friday that it would build a demonstration plant to…...