SANY has commissioned its first SY1250H mining excavator in Europe at the Ugljevik open-pit coal mine in Bosnia and Herzegovina, operated by Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS). The ultra-large excavator is intended for high-volume overburden and coal loading, pairing with 100 t-class haul trucks to support large-scale stripping and shorter mining cycles. For mine planners and maintenance teams, the deployment signals growing OEM competition in Europe’s >100 t excavator class, with implications for fleet standardisation, parts supply, and lifecycle cost benchmarking against established brands.

Two Komatsu 930E-3 haul trucks at Anglo American’s Los Bronces copper mine in Chile, originally slated for decommissioning, have been converted into 70,000 gallon (265,000 litre) water sprinkler trucks in a joint project with Komatsu Chile and Mega. Claimed as the first such 930E-based water trucks in Chile and globally, the units repurpose the existing 290-tonne class chassis to deliver high-volume dust suppression on haul roads. The conversion extends asset life and avoids procuring dedicated water trucks, with implications for fleet renewal and mine water management strategies.

SANY has shipped 50 SKT145E autonomous pure battery wide body mining trucks to a surface coal operation in Inner Mongolia, pairing them with an in‑house autonomous haulage system rather than a third‑party AHS provider. The SKT145E trucks, already proven in unmanned operation at multiple Chinese coal and aggregate sites, use swappable battery packs and high‑precision positioning for fully driverless haulage on fixed routes. For mine planners and geotechs, the deployment signals continued standardisation around wide body truck haul roads, consistent ramp geometry and controlled dump‑point design to support large‑scale autonomy.