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Fortescue places China’s largest green mining equipment export order

The signing ceremony with XCMG chairperson Yang Dongsheng and Fortescue executive chairperson Dr Andrew Forrest took place in Beijing and was formally announced in New York during the United Nations General Assembly last week.

The signing ceremony with XCMG chairperson Yang Dongsheng and Fortescue executive chairperson Dr Andrew Forrest took place in Beijing and was formally announced in New York during the United Nations General Assembly last week.

29th September 2025

By: Mariaan Webb

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

     

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Iron-ore major Fortescue has placed China’s biggest-ever export order for green mining machinery, signing a supply agreement with XCMG Machinery for 150 to 200 battery-electric haul trucks.

The 240 t trucks will account for nearly half of Fortescue’s future heavy-haul fleet requirements and will be deployed at its Pilbara iron-ore operations as the company advances its target of eliminating fossil fuels from land-based operations by 2030.

Fortescue said it would leverage a dual-supplier approach to accelerate the decarbonisation of its mining fleet, with XCMG expected to supply up to half of its planned fleet of 300 to 400 zero-emissions trucks, with phased deliveries between 2028 and 2030. The deal builds on an earlier contract signed in November 2024 for ancillary electric mining equipment, then XCMG’s largest green mining equipment order outside China.

Liebherr, with manufacturing facilities in the US, is expected to provide the balance of the haul truck fleet and electric excavators under an amendment to the partnership announced in September 2024. While XCMG and Liebherr will manufacture the trucks and heavy mining equipment, Fortescue Zero will continue developing and integrating advanced power systems to optimise battery-electric truck performance in Pilbara conditions.

The signing ceremony with XCMG chairperson Yang Dongsheng and Fortescue executive chairperson Dr Andrew Forrest took place in Beijing and was formally announced in New York during the United Nations General Assembly last week.

“Technology is driving Fortescue to a more profitable Real Zero future,” Forrest said. “We will prove that profits go up when emissions go down.”

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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