Mar 19 2025 9 mins 2
Discover how battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are transforming underground mining operations. In this episode of Fresh Thinking by Snowden Optiro, Managing Consultant Hamish Guthrie chats with Principal Consultant Sarah de Vries about the significant safety and health benefits of battery-operated vehicles (BEVs)—improved air quality, lower heat, reduced noise, and less vibration. They also discuss the challenges of transitioning to electric fleets and the future of mine electrification.
This podcast at a glance:
0:00 – Introduction
1:00 – Why are mining companies moving towards BEVs?
1:40 – How BEVs improve underground air quality and OHS
2:45 – Heat reduction: BEVs vs Diesel engines
3:45 – Noise & vibration reductions with BEVs
5:00 – Applications that benefit most from BEVs
5:50 – Challenges of adopting BEVs underground
7:00 – Future of mine electrification
If you'd like to connect with Hamish Guthrie and Sarah de Vries, please email them: [email protected]
This video podcast is also available as a free video podcast on our Snowden Optiro YouTube channel.
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We help mine developers to advance their projects, mining companies to improve their operations and their professionals, and investors to de-risk their investments by the provision of quality advice, training and software in the field of Mineral Resources and Mineral/Ore Reserves.
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