General Electric Fairchild Mining underground Fairchild Mining Equipment division has developed and begun offering complete lines of batterypowered scoops, diesel-powered scoops and tractors, multipurpose vehicles, longwall shield haulers, maintenance vehicles and continuous miners and haulage systems. Rise of new mining innovations General Electric’s Mining segment is working to create a safer mining future. GE’s mining division specializes in three segments of the mining
industry: propulsion systems, mining equipment and mining solutions. The company has recently begun testing its new battery-powered mining equipment, including its newly designed Load Dump (LHD) at mining company IAMGOLD’s Westwood underground mine in Canada. The new Load Dump vehicle has the potential to not only operate entirely on battery and propulsion technology, but doing so while emitting 100 percent zero emissions. “We’re getting rid of the diesel 17