Engineers at XCMG, the Chinese state-owned machinery group, have teamed with Fortescue Metals to replace the Australian miner’s diesel-powered machinery fleet.

Engineers at XCMG, the Chinese state-owned machinery group, have teamed with Fortescue Metals to replace the Australian miner’s diesel-powered machinery fleet.

The Australian miner is betting hundreds of millions of dollars on electric mining machinery. We climbed aboard the giant prototypes going through their paces in China.