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International Mining | China’s OEMs start to roll out advanced mining truck rebuild programs
19+ hour, 37+ min ago (354+ words) While there is no doubting that the build quality and standard of components used in Chinese mining equipment, including large mining trucks, has been increasingly markedly in recent years, one major difference remains – how they are operated. In Australia, carrying…...
International Mining | LiuGong delivers battery electric fleet to Conch Cement
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (304+ words) A fleet of LiuGong DW105AE battery electric wide-body trucks has been deployed at one of Conch Cement’s mines in south China, part of Conch Cement’s drive towards operating a zero-carbon mine. Since early 2026, through multiple rounds of high-level talks and all-electric…...
International Mining | Cat begins southern Africa wide body truck journey with two units deployed
1+ week, 1+ day ago (280+ words) Caterpillar dealer Barloworld Equipment has announced the successful handover of two Cat 707 WBT (wide body trucks) to what is described as “a valued mining customer in the Northern Cape.” Barloworld stated: “These units represent the first two Cat 707 WBT trucks…...
International Mining | UMS and Renault Trucks mark ten years of partnership in Guinea bauxite
1+ week, 3+ day ago (328+ words) For the past ten years, UMS United Mining Supply, a specialist in mining, industrial and oil transport and logistics in West Africa, has relied on Renault Trucks to carry out its operations in particularly demanding environments. Renault Trucks and UMS…...
International Mining | LGMG & Boonray collaborate on RTE156 autonomous, electric mining truck
2+ week, 2+ day ago (503+ words) LGMG & Boonray collaborate on RTE156 autonomous, electric mining truck International Mining LGMG & Boonray collaborate on RTE156 autonomous, electric mining truck Close collaboration and shared design and development between mining equipment OEMs and autonomous driving tech majors is today the norm in China....
International Mining | LiuGong’s DR50CE battery rigid truck turns heads at Hillhead 2026
2+ week, 5+ day ago (541+ words) LiuGong’s DR50CE battery rigid truck turns heads at Hillhead 2026 International Mining LiuGong’s DR50CE battery rigid truck turns heads at Hillhead 2026 While IM has been at the Hillhead show near Buxton many times over the years – one machine really stood out at this…...
International Mining | Schlam launches installation kit program for mining truck beds and buckets
3+ week, 13+ hour ago (251+ words) Market leading load and haul attachment specialist, Schlam, has announced the development of a comprehensive range of in-house engineered installation kits for mining truck beds and buckets, providing customers with a complete end-to-end solution for attachment supply and installation. The…...
LNS in Norway becomes world’s first to deploy Volvo A30 Electric
3+ week, 1+ day ago (305+ words) Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has delivered the world’s first A30 Electric articulated haulers to LNS (Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner AS), one of Norway’s largest contractors, for use on a Hafslund hydropower project, representing a significant advance in the electrification of heavy…...
ExxonMobil signs renewable diesel deal with Teck & makes first delivery
3+ week, 1+ day ago (267+ words) ExxonMobil has announced a milestone with Teck, the Canadian mining major, with the successful finalisation of an Esso Ethos+™ Renewable Diesel R100 agreement in Canada and also the first delivery of the product to Teck’s operations in British Columbia. ExxonMobil states:…...
Three Hitachi EH5000 trucks reach 100,000 hours at Barrick Lumwana
4+ week, 1+ day ago (481+ words) Three 296 t class Hitachi EH5000 rigid dump trucks operating at Barrick’s Lumwana copper mine in Zambia have each surpassed 100,000 operating hours, marking a significant milestone in mining equipment reliability and underscoring the long-standing partnership between Barrick and Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM)....