<p>Vale has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with XCMG Construction Machinery Limited, a subsidiary of Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co Ltd which is China's largest machinery manufacturer, for the potential supply of mining and infrastructure equipment, including zero-emission and autonomous equipment. According to the MoU, prototypes of the equipment including two electrical battery-powered mining haul trucks up to 72t with zero emission will be delivered to Vale to be tested in its operations in Minas Gerais in Brazil and Indonesia in the first half of 2022. Another electrical truck up to 240t with zero emission will also be tested in a date to be defined.</p><p>This initiative is in line with Vale's goal of reducing its carbon emissions of scope 1 and 2 by 33% by 2030 and achieving net zero emissions by 2050 and reinforces our ambition to lead the road to low carbon mining.</p>
<p>Vale has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with XCMG Construction Machinery Limited, a subsidiary of Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co Ltd which is China's largest machinery manufacturer, for the potential supply of mining and infrastructure equipment, including zero-emission and autonomous equipment. According to the MoU, prototypes of the equipment including two electrical battery-powered mining haul trucks up to 72t with zero emission will be delivered to Vale to be tested in its operations in Minas Gerais in Brazil and Indonesia in the first half of 2022. Another electrical truck up to 240t with zero emission will also be tested in a date to be defined.</p><p>This initiative is in line with Vale's goal of reducing its carbon emissions of scope 1 and 2 by 33% by 2030 and achieving net zero emissions by 2050 and reinforces our ambition to lead the road to low carbon mining.</p>
