# XCMG signs contract to supply battery electric mining trucks to Vale

XCMG Brasil signed a contract with Vale on May 18, 2022, to supply mining machinery, including two XDR80TE battery electric mining haul trucks of 72 t capacity, set to arrive in early June 2022 for trials at Vale's iron ore operations in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2022-05-18
- Where: Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Status: announced
- Products: battery electric mining haul trucks
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Vale](https://endata.com/companies/14293.md) (customer)
- [XCMG](https://endata.com/companies/15137.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [im-mining.com](https://im-mining.com/2022/05/26/vale-and-csn-beginning-deployment-of-chinese-wide-body-battery-electric-mining-trucks-for-trials-in-brazil/), 2022-05-26: "On May 18, XCMG Brasil, part of China’s Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co Ltd (XCMG), one of the world’s largest construction and mining equipment suppliers, signed a contract for supply of its mining machinery to iron ore, nickel and copper mining major, Vale."

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