The trolley assist project is a partnership with SMS Equipment, Komatsu, ABB, Clean BC and B.C. Hydro. It consists of an approximate one-kilometre trolley-assist haul ramp and seven pantograph-equipped electric haul trucks.
“We are proud to be the first open pit mine to commission electric trolley assist haulage in North America,” Gil Clausen, Copper Mountain’s CEO said in a media statement. “We have been assessing numerous innovative technologies that will reduce our carbon load.”
“Through electrification and capacity increases, we are targeting to reduce our carbon intensity by 50 to 70% in the next five to seven years,” Clausen said. “We are also actively testing and researching renewable diesel, hydrogen, battery and fuel-cell technology to power our haulage units to achieve our goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2035.”
“This project stemmed from our goal to reduce our carbon emissions and make a…
