MacLean Engineering’s EV Series battery electric mining vehicles have been chosen by Torex Gold Resources Inc. for their Media Luna Project at the Morelos Complex in Mexico. The MacLean EV Series fleet will include utility vehicles, explosives chargers, elevated work platforms, graders, and material transporters.
MacLean President, Kevin MacLean, says the industry is rapidly transitioning away from “diesel-powered, rubber-tired fleets, given air quality and ventilation cost concerns that only get more acute as mines go deeper around the globe.” Sag/ag/ball Mill
More than 50 MacLean BEVs have been shipped globally, he added, accumulating over 250,000 operating hours. The company therefore expects half of its capital builds to be battery electric in the next few years.
According to Tony Caron, MacLean Vice President of Latin America & Quebec, the company’s facility at Queretaro, Mexico has the infrastructure and people to build and support EV and diesel fleets across the company’s customer base in Latin America.
Boiler Grate Bars The plant has over 100,000 square feet of production capacity and close to 200 employees, and can get MacLean mining vehicles built and shipped to sites faster.