Komatsu, Codelco trial electric Mining Tunnel Boring Machine

Becky Schultz Vice President of Content, Power Division

08 July 2022

Through its subsidiary Komatsu Cummins Chile Ltda. (KCC), Komatsu Ltd. will collaborate with Codelco, a major state-owned mining company in Chile, to trial a new tunnel excavation method using Komatsu’s electric-powered Mining Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM). The trial will start in 2024 at Codelco’s Chuquicamata Mine in Chile.

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