On March 3, XCMG and Codelco signed an MoU in Chile, with Liu Jiansen, Vice President of XCMG Machinery, and Mauricio Acuna, Chief Procurement Officer of Codelco, attending the signing ceremony. It follows a visit to the XCMG factory in Xuzhou in February by Codelco Chairman Maximo Pacheco when he met with Chairman at XCMG, Yang Dongsheng.
XCMG states: “At present, global mine operations put forward higher requirements for safety, energy consumption, environmental protection and efficiency, and the electrification and intelligent transformation of mining equipment has become an industry consensus. This cooperation is an important development in XGMG’s strategic plan to deepen its integration into the global mining industry chain and serve large international mining customers.”
It follows close engagement announcements and contracts with other major global miners by XCMG including Fortescue, Rio Tinto and BHP. XCMG does already have mining equipment in Chile – including its XDE130 truck at Pucobre’s El Espino project, but this new MoU has the potential to take its position in Chile to a new level.
In recent years, XCMG says it has continued to increase investment in the research and development of new energy and intelligent technology, and has developed a full suite of zero-carbon mining equipment covering all electric rigid and wide body mining trucks, including cabless and autonomous capability, large electric mining excavators, large electric loaders and dozers.
Among them include the 100 unmanned all electric mining trucks that have achieved large-scale operation at China Huaneng’s Yimin coal mine in Inner Mongolia using battery swapping technology. XCMG: “Together with Australian mining giants, we are driving the global process of zero emission mines. In addition, XCMG’s new energy heavy trucks have been exported to nearly 100 countries and regions, and the market share continues to lead.”
XCMG described the signing as not only an important step for XCMG to deepen its South American market layout, but also a landmark outcome of the deepening cooperation between China and Chile in the field of mining equipment. “In the future, XCMG will continue to drive technology innovation, work with global partners to promote the development of mining equipment to a safer, cleaner and smarter direction, and contribute XCMG’s solutions to the green transformation of global mining.”
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