There was some interesting news in October on the miners’ efforts to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Most mines run diesel equipment to load and haul rock. Underground gold mines use trucks that haul up to 65 tonnes, while open pit trucks can haul up to 300 tonnes. This is often a company’s largest source of GHG emissions, making the development of non-diesel equipment the key to a green mining industry.
Mining manufacturer Sandvik1 will begin testing the largest battery-electric truck for underground mining at the Sunrise Dam gold mine in Western Australia, with hopes of bringing it to market in 2023. Inadequate charging time and battery life have been the main impediments to adopting underground electric haul trucks. Hopefully this truck will meet the miners’ needs.
MVIS® Global Junior Gold Miners Index
11/7/2021-11/7/2022
Source: MarketVector IndexesTM. All values are rebased to 1,000. Data as of November 7, 2022.
1 Sandvik: Underground mining's largest BEV [battery electric vehicle] truck to make Australian debut, October 17, 2022, https://www.rocktechnology.sandvik/en/news-and-media/news-archive/2022/10/underground-minings-largest-bev-truck-to-make-australian-debut/
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