Mesabi Metallics, an iron ore mine under construction in northern Minnesota, has purchased the largest trucks ever used in ...

Eldorado Gold is taking a big step towards decarbonizing its operations with a fresh order for ten fully electric equipment ...

ST. PAUL — Just one of the giant diesel-fueled dump trucks in Minnesota’s iron ore mines emits 2,400 tons of carbon dioxide per year, the equivalent of 520 gasoline passenger vehicles. But a ...

An often-overlooked use for autonomous driving technology is in industrial applications, where raw materials have to be shipped from point A to point B. In what automaker Volvo calls its “first ...

China has deployed a fleet of autonomous electric mining trucks at the Yimin open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia. The operation, led by state-backed energy giant Huaneng Group, includes 100 unmanned ...

ST. PAUL — Just one of the giant diesel-fueled dump trucks in Minnesota’s iron ore mines emits 2,400 tons of carbon dioxide per year, the equivalent of 520 gasoline passenger vehicles. But a ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — They may not go from zero to 60 in less than three seconds like a Tesla, but enormous electric trucks are generating excitement on northern Minnesota's Iron Range. Utility ...

There’s an increasing number of EVs nowadays. Although we mostly see the electrification trend in personal vehicles, other opportunities, such as electrified trucks, are worth exploring. For instance, ...

The importance of haul trucks in the history of surface mining in Arizona cannot be overstated. Hand labor, wheelbarrows, horse-drawn vehicles and ore cars were the principal means of earth-moving ...

VIRGINIA, Minn. -- The King of the Lode was an easy one to drive, said Jim Drobnick. "Just like driving a two-story house," said the retired production truck driver from LTV Steel in Hoyt Lakes. It ...

Volvo's self-driving truck program has already opened up some interesting possibilities, with trials underway exploring autonomous sugar cane harvesting and garbage collection. The Swedish automaker ...