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Aurizon is to trial the use of a Battery Electric Tender intended to reduce emissions from heavy haul rail operations

Diesel locomotive battery tender to be tested in Western Australia

2025-11-21T14:00:00+00:00

AUSTRALIA: Freight operator Aurizon is to trial the use of a Battery Electric Tender intended to reduce emissions from heavy haul rail operations.

Mining company BHP has taken delivery of its first Wabtec battery-electric heavy haul locomotives.

BHP battery locos delivered to the Pilbara

2025-11-17T10:00:00+00:00

AUSTRALIA: Mining company BHP has taken delivery of its first purpose-built battery-electric heavy haul locomotives for trials between its Pilbara iron ore mines and Port Hedland.

EFVM ore train in Brazil (Photo: Vale)

Wabtec and Vale to test ethanol as a locomotive fuel

2025-11-06T14:00:00+00:00

BRAZIL: Mining company Vale and locomotive supplier Wabtec have signed an agreement to test the use of ethanol as an alternative to diesel fuel on the Vitória a Minas Railway.

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Battery shunters deployed at Gabonese mine

2025-10-17T08:00:00+01:00

GABON: Windhoff has supplied five battery-powered TeleTrac RW100AEM shunters and a cable drum wagon to Comilog’s manganese mine at Moanda, where they move trains of up to 130 wagons.

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Pacific Railway coal line officially opened

2025-09-25T08:00:00+01:00

RUSSIA: The 531 km privately owned Pacific Railway connecting the Elga coking coal deposit with a port at Cape Manorsky on the Sea of Okhotsk has been officially opened.

SNIM train (Photo AfDB)

European Investment Bank backs Mauritanian railway enhancement

2025-08-14T07:58:00+01:00

MAURITANIA: The European Investment Bank has approved a US$125m loan to support a investment in a heavy haul railway linking the mining area of Zouerate with the coast.

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