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Ontario equipment maker to deliver 30 heavy-duty BEVs to Australian mine, commits to 2040 zero-emissions goal

Delivery of MacLean Engineering’s electric graders to Fortescue starts in 2026, with the entire fleet to be operational by 2029

Mehanaz Yakub

Sep 27, 2024

3 minute read

Glencore secures federal funding for electric fleet at Onaping Depth mine

$11 million from the Decarbonization Incentive Program will help Onaping Depth achieve a 100 per cent electric fleet, a key to its viability

Mehanaz Yakub

May 15, 2024

3 minute read

New heavy-duty ZEV tax credit comes to Canada’s industrial sector

The new 30 per cent tax credit looks to promote the use of zero-emission vehicles in mining and construction as well as other clean technologies

Mehanaz Yakub

Nov 24, 2022

4 minute read

Newcrest adopting all-electric underground haul fleet at Brucejack mine in B.C. by end of 2022

The company will deploy a fleet of eight electric haul trucks — replacing 12 diesel trucks — at the gold and silver mine in northwestern B.C. , following a successful electric vehicle trial initiated by the mine’s previous owner

Mehanaz Yakub

Sep 15, 2022

3 minute read

At least 30 Sandvik BEVs now bound for potash, copper-zinc mines in Saskatchewan

The battery-electric vehicle orders, some of the largest in the industry to date, will see Sandvik Mining vehicles delivered to the Jansen potash and the McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc projects, operated by BHP and Foran Mining, respectively, by 2025

Mehanaz Yakub

Jul 27, 2022

5 minute read

Vehicle orders bring Glencore’s all-electric Onaping Depth mine a step closer to fruition

Battery-electric vehicle orders from a trio of suppliers, including two Canadian manufacturers, are now in place at Glencore’s revolutionary Onaping Depth mine in Sudbury. Without BEVs, the mine would not exist. With them, Glencore can access deep stores of high-grade nickel ore until 2035

Mehanaz Yakub

Jul 6, 2022

6 minute read

Meet the Canadian women solving problems, digging deep and changing the face of the mining industry

In honour of Women in Mining Day, Electric Autonomy Canada spotlights some of the leading women in the Canadian mining sector. While there remains a steep climb to gender equality, signs of progress — including opportunities due to mining electrification — are encouraging

Emma Jarratt

Jun 15, 2022

12 minute read

Mining, memories and modernization: Almost a century later, underground mining in Malartic, Quebec is set to go electric

MacLean Engineering’s founder grew up playing in the oil-stained gravel of the Malartic mining camp Partnership’s Odyssey gold mine in the 1940s. In 2022, his son and the company’s president will shepherd the site into the new chapter of its life: zero-emission, battery electric mining.

Presented by MacLean Engineering

Jan 12, 2022

3 minute read

From a whisper to a roar. What the mining industry needs to do to catch up to the electrification wave

What started with a few key early adopters taking important steps towards battery electrification over the past decade has now slowly but surely gone from the margins to the mainstream

Stuart Lister

Sep 7, 2021

4 minute read

There’s a skills shortage maintaining electric mining vehicles. One training program is trying to fix that

The global mining industry is facing a skills gap that a new, joint industry-college program in Canada’s hard-rock heartland is looking to fill by offering specialty training for battery electric equipment maintenance

Emma Jarratt

Aug 25, 2021

8 minute read