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Is BHP (ASX:BHP) Using Battery-Electric Trucks to Quietly Reshape Its Long-Term Cost Base?
BHP Group announced that Australia’s first Cat 793 XE Early Learner battery-electric haul trucks have arrived at its Jimblebar iron ore mine in the Pilbara, beginning on-site testing with Rio Tinto and Caterpillar of zero-exhaust mining haulage technology.
This industry-first collaboration not only advances BHP’s long-term decarbonisation plans, but also serves as a real-world test of whether large-scale battery-electric fleets can maintain productivity in one of the world’s most important...