Epiroc says it has celebrated a brand new milestone along with its strategic accomplice Pucobre with the supply of 5 65 t class Epiroc Minetruck MT65 S vans to its services in Tierra Amarilla in Chile’s Atacama Area. This tools is a part of a fleet renewal plan, which considers a complete of twenty-two vans to be delivered throughout 2026 and 2027. The vans are for use throughout Pucobre’s essential underground copper mines – Punta del Cobre, Granate, and Mantos de Cobre.
The OEM says the brand new MT65 S stands out for its elevated productiveness, a strong give attention to security and the consolation it supplies to operators, permitting for extra environment friendly and ergonomic work in every cycle. “Every of those enhancements is backed by the insights offered by its superior telemetry programs, which permit real-time efficiency monitoring, operation optimisation, and data-driven resolution assist.”
Epiroc added: “We thank Pucobre for his or her belief and for making us a part of this ceremony that reinforces our shared imaginative and prescient of recent, secure and sustainable mining. We proceed to maneuver ahead along with our purchasers to advertise options that remodel and improve Chilean mining.”
The order was initially introduced in July 2025. Together with digital options it was valued at round MSEK 235 (right this moment over US$26 million) and was booked within the second quarter of 2025. Epiroc can be offering service and spare components for the tools.
The digital parts ordered embody Fleet+ and the add-on resolution Fleet+ ShiftGoals which offer visibility into machine efficiency and purpose monitoring through the My Epiroc interface. Cited advantages embody lowered gas consumption, improved fleet utilisation and elevated operator security. Pucobre additionally ordered Asset Well being Info Service, which delivers high-frequency sensor information and alerts by means of integration with the client’s personal programs, which in flip helps superior monitoring and efficiency monitoring of the machine fleet.
Epiroc says the MT65 S “is a high-capacity, automation-ready underground truck, engineered with sensible options to make sure productiveness, security, and reliability in bigger underground mining and development operations. Combining excessive ramp speeds with improved vitality effectivity, this mining truck results in dramatically elevated productiveness, lowering gas consumption and total operating prices.”
It additionally refers to an elevated velocity of 10% going up the ramp in addition to 18% going downhill, relying on the appliance. It is a results of the up to date axle ratio, transmission, and optimised gear choice, ensuring the gear shifting will happen on the proper time, each throughout upshifting and downshifting. Epiroc moreover cites better reliability due to prolonged lifetime of the primary parts, a very new electrical system and a extra protected part location.
