(Reuters) – Fortescue stated on Wednesday it has signed a $2.8 billion partnership with German-Swiss tools producer Liebherr to create one of many world’s largest zero-emission mining fleets.
The 2 corporations had initially signed the deal to develop inexperienced technology-based vehicles to haul iron ore out of Fortescue’s mines in 2022 and have now agreed to extend the mining fleet – to be provided by Liebherr – to 475 vehicles from earlier 120.
Fortescue, the world’s fourth-largest iron ore miner, expects to purchase 360 autonomous battery-electric vehicles, 55 electrical excavators and 60 battery-powered dozers to exchange about two-thirds of its present mining fleet.
The corporate’s mining fleet consumed about 450 million litres of diesel in FY24 and accounted for 51% of its scope 1 carbon emissions.
The iron ore miner has been exploring varied methods to supply inexperienced iron – the iron produced with a decrease carbon footprint, whereas additionally increasing into manufacturing of hydrogen from renewable assets.
“This is a crucial subsequent step in our 2030 Actual Zero goal – to remove emissions from our Australian terrestrial iron ore operations by the top of the last decade. The world wants Actual Zero now – it merely can’t afford to attend,” Fortescue Govt Chairman Andrew Forrest stated in an announcement.