By Shane Lasley
Metal Tech News
Electric trains to haul Rio Tinto iron
Orders Wabtec battery locomotives for Western Australia mines Metal Tech News – January 12, 2022
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Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto has ordered four battery-electric trains to replace diesel engines currently delivering iron ore from its mines to ports in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Taking a large step toward its goal of halving the carbon emissions at its iron mines in the Pilbara region of Western Australia by 2030, Rio Tinto has placed an order with Wabtec Corp. for four FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives.
"Our partnership with Wabtec is an investment in innovation and an acknowledgment of the need to increase the pace of our decarbonization efforts," said Rio Tinto...
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