TAIYUAN, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- A 200-tonne pure electric mining dump truck has been put into service in a coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province to assist with industrial upgrading in this major ...

Mining trucks are monstrous machines that guzzle fuel at a scarcely believable rate. Weighing 220 tonnes, they can get through 134 litres of diesel every hour. Little wonder then that mining ...