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Business, Equipment, For-Hire, Top 100

Trimac Buys Flatbed Specialist Watt & Stewart

Trimac Transportation acquired flatbed and specialized haulage carrier Watt & Stewart for an undisclosed sum.

January 27, 2025
Government, Business, Equipment, Logistics

Miners Tap Trucks to Sidestep Canada's Rail Stoppage

Two mining giants are rerouting shipments and turning to trucks to deal with disruptions from a Canadian railway stoppage that threatens to undermine the industry’s operations.

August 22, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment

General Motors Digs Into Mining Business to Lead Race for EV Metals

General Motors is trying to speed ahead in the race for metals underpinning the industry’s shift to electric cars.

February 17, 2023
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Autonomous Startup Used by Mining Trucks Raises $47 Million

Oxbotica, a U.K. company that makes software for running autonomous vehicles, has raised $47 million in a fresh funding round that will go toward developing and deploying its products.

January 6, 2021
Business, Technology

Lithium Boom Is Coming, Just not Overnight

Lithium miners are bulking up for a booming future when electric cars go mainstream. But speed bumps loom, with prices tumbling on a burst of new production and demand growth slowing in China.

July 29, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous

Mining Giant Vies With Tech Firms for Workers in Push for Self-Driving Trucks

Rio Tinto Group, the world’s second-largest mining company, is focused as much on driver-less trucks and automated drills as conventional shovels and loaders these days. That means it needs a whole lot more high-tech workers.

October 4, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous, TCA

Australia Expands Use of Caterpillar’s Self-Driving Truck Technology

Self-driving truck technology being developed by Caterpillar Inc. at its Tucson, Ariz., division headquarters will soon be used more extensively by iron ore mines in Australia

October 3, 2017