Canadian mining companies are starting to cast aside the diesel-powered trucks, loaders, and drills that have long-been the backbone of the industry for electric alternatives — a move that some industry experts say could make mining safer and less polluting.
Mario Santos, mining director for Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector trade union representing 9,900 mining and smelting workers, said he welcomes the shift. “I think it’s a positive change. It’s better than the processes we were using before,” he told CBC News.
Management consulting firm McKinsey & Company estimates that the mining industry accounts for four-to-seven per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and industry members say electric mining equipment has the
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