Boliden and Komatsu deepen cooperation around fossil-free mining
For several years, Boliden and Komatsu have collaborated on the electrification and automation of mining trucks in the open pit copper mine Aitik. Now the collaboration is further deepened with a world premiere of a mining truck that can be converted to battery technology.In Aitik, electrified trolley systems have, separate from this cooperation, been implemented with the aim of reducing diesel consumption and 17 mining trucks have been converted to self-driving in an autonomous haulage system (AHS). In connection with the world's largest expo for mining equipment, MINEXPO in Las Vegas,