Rio Tinto and BHP will test two Caterpillar 793, and two Komatsu 930 battery electric haul trucks in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, "to accelerate the potential for its future deployment" the ...

Rio Tinto has teamed up with Caterpillar to develop zero-emissions autonomous haul trucks that will be used at Rio Tinto's Western Australian mining sites. Under a memorandum of understanding, the ...

Models 725, 730, 730 EJ, and 735 Cat ADTs have next-generation automatic features and upgraded operators’ station. The articulated dump trucks have rated payload ranging from 26.5 tons to 35.3 tons.

Located in Perth, Western Australia, EPCA became famous for its “Green Machine,” a CAT 777 100-ton haul truck it converted to electric power. Now, the company says it has plans to produce 50-70 more ...

The autonomous mining experts at SafeAI have collaborated with Japanese Obayashi Corp. to build a first-of-its-kind, self-driving battery electric haul truck, paving the way for other companies to ...

Brazilian mining giant Vale has entered into a five-year global framework agreement with US-based equipment manufacturer Caterpillar to expand their collaboration and focus on productivity, innovation ...

Epiroc AB, a leading partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has successfully converted – from manual to fully ...

Roughly half of all U.S. and Canadian Class 8 tractors engaged in regional-haul applications could switch to battery-electric technology today with minimal or no impact on operations, productivity, or ...

LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is a remote sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser and continuously scans the environment in front of a vehicle. It enables an accurate and ...

Tucson is a key technology hub for heavy-equipment giant Caterpillar Inc., which develops new systems and products at its mining-tech center downtown and tests them at its Tucson Proving Ground near ...

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diversified major Rio Tinto has signed a memorandum of understanding with Caterpillar to advance the development of zero-emissions autonomous trucks for use at Rio’s Western ...

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed ioneer has struck a technology system supply agreement with major equipment manufacturer Caterpillar (Cat), solidifying the introduction of autonomous haul trucks ...