World’s first ultra-large battery electric dump truck begins trial
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Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. of Japan has initiated a trial of the first ultra-large full battery dump truck at First Quantum’s Kansanshi mine in Zambia, focusing on operational performance and battery efficiency.
Deep-sea mining environmental impact bigger than expected
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From CELL PRESS 17/07/2023 In 2020, Japan performed the first successful test extracting cobalt crusts from the top of deep-sea mountains to mine cobalt—a mineral used in electric vehicle batteries. Not only do directly mined areas become less habitable for ocean animals, but mining also creates a plume of sediment that can spread through the […]