ABB and Komatsu collaborate on net zero innovations

ABB and Komatsu have signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement to develop heavy industrial machinery solutions that can bring net zero emissions a step closer to reality.

The collaboration brings two global leaders together to share industry expertise and products in a bid to create world-class solutions, ranging from renewable energy generation to fully electrified mining equipment.

ABB and Komatsu’s collaboration is geared towards reducing diesel consumption and ultimately eliminating it through the electrification of mine operations.

Komatsu Surface Haulage senior vice president Dan Funcannon comments on the agreement.

“We’re pleased to embark on this collaboration with ABB and are excited to leverage one another’s industry leading products and technological expertise to help move mining operations toward net zero emissions, empowering a sustainable future where people, business and the planet thrive together,” he said.

ABB Process Industries division president Joachim Braun says by working together, the companies will tackle electrification and make a revolutionary difference to the way mining companies operate their sites in the near future.

“We recognise the strategic importance of this agreement and believe there will be mutual business benefits and potential technology solutions for the mining market,” he said.

“Collaboration across the industry has already been proven to enable real and faster progress and we look forward to driving what happens next.”