# Sandvik partners with LKAB to trial battery-electric truck and loader at Kiruna mine

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions and LKAB will partner for a 12-month collaborative trial of a Sandvik TH550B battery-electric truck and Sandvik LH518B battery-electric loader at LKAB's Kiruna mine in Sweden.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2021-12-01
- Where: Kiruna, Sweden, Sweden
- Status: announced
- Products: battery-electric truck, battery-electric loader
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Sandvik](https://endata.com/companies/6190.md) (partner)
- [LKAB](https://endata.com/companies/17249.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [mining.sandvik](https://www.mining.sandvik/en/news-and-media/news-archive/2021/12/sandvik-partners-with-lkab-to-trial-bev-truck-and-loader/), 2021-12-01: "Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions and LKAB will partner for a 12-month collaborative trial of the third-generation battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) under the mining company's project to set a new world standard for sustainable underground mining."

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