FUTURE OF MINING

First Mode wins grant for zero-emission truck tests

Carbon reduction transport provider First Mode will use a US$250,000 grant from the Washington Department of Commerce to revamp a former coal mine into a concept-proving ground.

Standard haul trucks rely on copious amounts of diesel, emitting the equivalent pollutants of 700 passenger cars. Photo: Anglo American

Standard haul trucks rely on copious amounts of diesel, emitting the equivalent pollutants of 700 passenger cars. Photo: Anglo American

Located at the Centralia property in Lewis County, the site will be home to First Mode's three-storey high zero-emission trucks. The cash infusion comes courtesy of the Economic Alliance of Lewis County,...

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