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ABB Ability™ eMine. For your world, and mine.

We are committed to create sustainable progress for today and future generations by helping our mining customers through their energy transition.

eMine™ makes the all-electric mine possible, with fully integrated electrification and digital systems from mine to port. From design to ongoing service, ABB is the partner that can transform today’s mine operations while improving the world beyond them.

Looking to achieve the balance between sustainability and productivity targets?

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Did you know?

If every truck in every mine
were electrified, every day
we could remove

198,000 tons

of CO2 from the air we breathe

Electrifying a single mining truck can help save the coral reefs by lowering the ocean’s CO2 absorption by up to

1,000 tons

a year.

Electrifying a single mining truck eliminates enough CO2 emissions per year to save

3,000 m2

of arctic ice.

Electrifying a single mining truck eliminates the same amount of CO2 emissions per year that it would take

46,000

trees to absorb.

What does it take to build a successful all-electric operation?

Electrifying your mine, like mining itself, is a process. Based on industry expertise and deep experience, our team understands the challenges facing you as you consider transitioning to all-electric.

But understanding is only half the battle. eMine™ makes the all-electric mine possible with purposeful approach, proven methods, electrification & digital systems - all integrated from mine to port.

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1. We start with a strong foundation: ABB's broad portfolio

From pit to port and mine to market, we are equipped to electrify your mine. Our fit-for-purpose solutions are designed to meet the operational demands of the modern mine, and they’re backed by ABB’s decades of real-world experience in electrifying, automating and digitally connecting mine equipment and operations.
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2. We then collaborate to combine expertise and optimize outcomes

All-electric mine requires all working together.

The time to change is now. But the mining industry is clear that when it comes to electrification, nobody can make it alone. Partnerships and co-creation of solutions with OEMs, other mining companies and governments are needed to successfully integrate electrification in mines. We are working with OEMs to fast-track the development of new emissions-reducing systems with electrification and automation of the whole mining operation the goal.

Our joint development and co-creation approach leverages the domain expertise of key partners to meet a wider range of needs:

  • Mining Company
  • Mechanical
  • Infrastructure and Civil
  • Vehicle OEM or Retrofitter
  • Mine Designer

 

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3. We increase added value by early involvement in your all-electric mine design

An all-electric mine looks a lot different than a traditional one. Your ABB team will partner with you during the earliest stages - pre-planning and design - which will help increase added value, provide greater costs savings and reduce complexity. By getting in early, we can provide interoperable, fit-for-purpose solutions and technologies that make mines safer, smarter and reduce carbon emissions. By integrating the whole mine digitally, we are set up to plan, monitor and control processes, optimizing operations and energy usage.
You can leverage ABB's consulting services and domain knowledge for:

  • Optimized solutions and trade-offs (e.g., hoist vs. conveyors vs. trucks) considering geology and operations
  • Integrated electrical solutions considering load peaks based on duty cycle, harmonics, voltage dip mitigation and network protection
  • Combined digital, automation and electrification solutions, also considering existing systems and leveraging partners
  • Identification of correct technology for applications, considering energy efficiency and environmental impact
  • Focus on early solution standardization
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4. We provide solutions tailored to unique requirements of all-electric mines

Building on decades of mining project electrification experience and expertise, and over 10 years’ experience in providing charging infrastructure for buses, trucks and cars, we are able to offer solutions that are uniquely designed to handle the requirements of the mining industry based on latest technologies.

And by integrating these solutions with automation and digital systems, we are set up to plan, monitor and control processes, optimizing operations and energy usage from grid to wheel.

Underground to open pit, we have the pieces in place to make your all-electric mine a success.

All-electric underground mine

All-electric open-pit mine
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5. Once we get you up and running, ABB lifecycle services keep you that way

Rapid response

Guaranteed fast and flexible service response to maximize equipment availability.

Lifecycle management

Provides power tools and our knowledge base to optimize and extend equipment life.

Performance improvement

Increased productivity through usability and efficiency optimization of equipment and processes.

ABB services are tailored to the specific challenges of our customers. Through our advanced digital services, our mining experts can monitor your plant remotely, 24/7, to help keep your production up and running. Advanced digital mining services can collect and analyze your mining asset and operational data, providing remote expert support to identify, categorize and prioritize actions.

And once you have invested in ABB mining equipment and solutions, we do everything to help you protect your investment – with an extensive training program to continuously improve staff expertise.

ABB acts as single source supplier with global integration experience for electrical, instrumentation and control. This provides a fast-track way of moving mines from costly and reactive time-based maintenance to planned preventive and predictive interventions. Through remote services, predictive maintenance and upgrades and retrofits, ABB helps mining companies ensure maximum performance throughout the mine’s lifecycle.

Solutions for mining vehicles switching from diesel to electric

Your diesel consumption reduced by up to 90%, lowering energy costs and environmental impact

ABB Ability™ eMine Trolley System

Mining equipment can perform when it needs to and the trucks can charge when they need to - no matter vehicle type and OEM
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ABB Ability™ eMine Charging Systems

A key component to keeping the all-electric mine running is making sure the equipment can perform when it needs to and the trucks can charge when they need to. ABB provides charging solutions designed to fit the needs of today’s mining operations and interface with all vehicles. We are vehicle type and OEM agnostic, supporting an interoperable approach based on proven standards that can provide any sort of solution needed to charge BEVs.

Have you always thought it impossible to have an electric operation powered by renewable energy in remote locations? Check our ABB eMine™ Grid-to-Wheel solution
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ABB eMine™ Grid-to-Wheel

Our electrified long-hauling process is a fully integrated infrastructure, composed of on-premise solar generation, with an inverter and battery energy storage system and a charging station, both of them underpinned by our ABB Ability™ digital ecosystem.

How fast is ABB's fast charger for mining EV?

Mining EV fast charging pilot innovation: ABB Ability™ eMine FastCharge

ABB's fast charging pilot is set to become the world’s fastest and only fully automated charging system for haul trucks, offering up to 600kW of power
eMine™ FastCharge

Digital solutions to optimize electric mine operations and energy usage

Through the ABB Ability™ MineOptimize portfolio, we are able to bring together electrification, automation and digital technology like no other company. By digitally connecting all of our solutions, they can be monitored and controlled to optimize operations and energy usage in real time.
Power and Process Control for mining
Effectively manage process and electrical control simultaneously
Reduced CAPEX/OPEX
Power and Energy Management
Efficiently manage power and energy for a mine's cyclical loads
Reduced CAPEX/OPEX, reduced / controlled CO2 emissions
Asset Performance Management (APM)
Get a holistic view of disparate assets' health and performance, prevent failures
Reduced OPEX , increased production uptime
Mining Operations Management
Efficiently manage people & assets allocation vs energy management requirements
5% to 10% operational efficiency improvement, lower costs

co2
Reduced CO2 emissions

Increased energy efficiency
Increased energy efficiency

Reduced capex
Reduced capex

Improved overall mine performance
Improved overall mine performance

Improved miners' health and safety
Improved miners' health and safety

Already driving mining companies sustainably forward

Including ABB and Eitech (electrical infrastructure), Caterpillar and Pon Equipment (truck conversion)
Trolley system pilot project for mining transport electrification at Boliden, Sweden
Helping achieve a reduction in carbon intensity by >50 % in medium-term, with final target zero by 2035
A new trolley assist solution to meet Copper Mountain Mining’s sustainable development goals in Canada

Latest news and expert insights

ABB a founding member as CharIN launches new Mining Taskforce in partnership with ICMM

The challenge of electrifying mining haul truck operations has taken a step forward with the launch of the CharIN Mining Taskforce, a partnership between global organizations CharIN and ICMM.
Article: Innovation in electrification

Electrification is the key enabler of the digital transition from emission-heavy mines to decarbonized, sustainable operations, as Mehrzad Ashnagaran explains
Article: All in on trolley assist

The technology will play a key role in helping Copper Mountain reach its ambitious goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2035
Top 12 learnings mined from a year of all-electric and zero-emission explorations

ABB completes a year since the launch of its ABB eMine™ purposeful framework of methods and solutions to make the all-electric mine possible.
Mining - Driving the Clean Energy Transition

The need for sustainable, safe and productive mining operations has never been greater. Listen how mining is supporting the clean energy transition.
Boliden x ABB - future of mining

Jenny Gotthardsson, General Manager, Boliden Garpenberg and the Fe of the Year 2022, and Karin Lindgren, ABB’s mining Global R&D and Technology Manager, discuss success factors shaping the future of mining.
Making a world of difference in mining

Mining made better: the unseen hero of the clean energy transition
Technology is nothing without vision and context

Max Luedtke of ABB explains how a coherent electrification strategy, coupled with investment in digital technologies, can help operators improve sustainability and create new business models.
ABB selected to progress beyond the Charge on Innovation Challenge

We are thrilled and honored to be selected with one of the eight winning ideas in the global Charge On Innovation Challenge which has the objective to decarbonize mining.
Top trends in mining for 2022

Decarbonization, enabled by electrification, digital and automation, will accelerate
ABB working with AWS to develop digitally integrated all-electric operations for net-zero emissions mining

The two companies demonstrate secure exchange of operational data for production optimization
Boliden collaborates with Epiroc and ABB on the journey towards a fossil-free mine

The new system is expected to demonstrate a reduction in CO₂ emissions and an improved work environment
ABB Decoded podcast: Why electrifying mining is key to the industry’s future

Max Luedtke, Head of Mining, explains how solutions such as ABB Ability™ eMine can help transform mining for a new sustainable era.

Ensuring we’re together in electric dreams

Our mining experts share the practical steps that can be taken now to turn electric dreams into reality for the benefit of operations, people and the wider world.
ABB signs up with Liebherr Mining Equipment to develop solutions for net zero emissions mining machinery

Focus will be on electric trolley applications for mining companies,
Race to a carbon-neutral digital mine: What can mining learn from ABB Formula E?

Blog by Marcos Hillal
ABB and MEDATech sign agreement to explore technologies for net zero emissions of heavy industrial machinery in mining

MoU to develop EV solutions and compatible charging infrastructure
ABB signs memorandum with Stäubli to develop solutions for the transition to all-electric mines

Bringing solutions to market to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with heavy machinery in mining
ABB signs memorandum with Hitachi Construction Machinery

Hitachi Construction Machinery and ABB will explore opportunities for mine operators to target net-zero emissions from mining machinery
Meeting the challenges of autonomous and CO₂-free mining

In mining, operational optimization and predictive maintenance are more urgent than ever, as is the need to improve energy efficiency and reduce CO₂ emissions.
A vision of all-electric mines is closer to reality than ever before

Mehrzad Ashnagaran, Global Product Line Manager, Electrification, discusses the technologies allowing diesel elimination in open-pit mining.
Decarbonization of mining: a realistic way forward

The case for mine electrification is about more than technology advancement. It also makes business sense and contributes to the sustainability.

Helping first surface mine in Quebec go all-electric

Optimizing loading/dumping cycle time, energy management, electrical peak avoidance, EV truck, data collection and analytics
Deep Underground Mining project to test smart, autonomous BEVs by 2020

LKAB, Epiroc, ABB, Combitech and Volvo Group collaboration
The Electric Mine: battery electric vehicles in the underground

Developing tools to solve the challenges associated with the transition from diesel to BEVs, together with GMG and CMIC
Power surge: the rise of sustainable electric mines

ABB plans to use MineOptimize to power an all-electric mine, simultaneously demonstrating the effectiveness of the system on a large scale, gathering new data for further analysis, and producing controls to “reinvent mining automation.”
An electric atmosphere

Converting existing mines from fossil fuel to electric & importance of short interval control and scheduling

Press releases

2023-03-30
ABB a founding member as CharIN launches new Mining Taskforce in partnership with ICMM
2023-02-17
ABB to provide electrification and automation technologies for LKAB iron pellet plant upgrade project
2022-12-06
ABB provides power management system for BHP’s Jansen Potash Project in Canada
2022-11-21
ABB and Perenti agree to jointly explore solutions to help mining customers decarbonize operations
2022-10-25
ABB and FLSmidth to collaborate to investigate how to improve environmental performance, safety and productivity for the mining industry
2022-09-13
ABB’s collaborative approach strikes a chord with Kazakh copper producer

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