In an interview with Engineering & Mining Journal, Tony Sprague of Newcrest Mining talks BEVs, dynamic charging, BluVein's underground and surface mining solutions, and how partnerships are the new leadership in mining.
Introducing BluVeinXL, the dynamic charging solution for heavy-duty mining fleets up to 250t used in open-pit mining.
Industry-driven and leveraging much of the BluVein1 technology, BluVeinXL is capable of dynamically feeding power to mixed-OEM fleets to enable the onboarding of smaller battery packs, faster vehicle haulage speeds up ramp, grid load balancing, and maximum fleet availability.
Open-pit demands are mixed OEM that vary in size.
To truly enable and sustain diverse electric haulage fleets, BluVeinXL is designed to be adaptable, agnostic, and scalable.
BluVeinXL is continuing development with the Charge On Innovation Challenge Partners towards a pilot demonstration at a yet-to-be-announced location and date.
BluVeinXL project consortium also coming soon.
In an interview with Engineering & Mining Journal, Tony Sprague of Newcrest Mining talks BEVs, dynamic charging, BluVein's underground and surface mining solutions, and how partnerships are the new leadership in mining.
BHP has become the latest company to back BluVein’s “next generation trolley-charging technology” project, with its Ventures arm joining Northern Star Resources, Newcrest Mining, Vale, Glencore, Agnico Eagle, AngloGold Ashanti and OZ Minerals as project partners.
BluVein, with its surface mining solution, BluVeinXL, has been selected to progress to the next phase of the Charge On Innovation Challenge together with 20 other vendors who are all on a mission to electrify mining.
BluVein welcomes our project partners: Northern Star Resources, Newcrest Mining, Vale, Glencore, Agnico Eagle, AngloGold Ashanti and OZ Minerals. Some additional mining companies who are still in the process of joining the BluVein project will be announced as they officially come on board.
A Q&A with our Managing Director, James Oliver about the Olitek and Evias collaboration, BluVein Hammer and Rail technology, and our next steps for this year.