Codelco taps French battery research to electrify deep copper mines
Codelco and France's CEA-Liten signed a government-backed R&D agreement to develop battery systems for underground mining equipment, setting specifications that will drive global copper mine electrification.
Sandvik and Rio Tinto partner on autonomous open-pit drilling
Sandvik and Rio Tinto are jointly developing interoperable autonomous drilling systems for multi-rig remote operations, targeting the automation gap that has constrained mine-wide fleet deployment.