The rollout ceremony for the Zijin Longking ZL230E pure electrical mining truck, mixed with an funding promotion and enterprise matching occasion for the ‘Mining + Clever Manufacturing’ business in Xinluo District, was held in Longyan Metropolis, Fujian Province on August 10, 2026.
The 230 t class ZL230E (previously the LK350E) is presently the largest-tonnage pure electrical mining truck in China and was independently developed by Zijin Longking—formally rolled off the manufacturing line on the Longking Good Environmental Safety Industrial Park. This marks one other milestone breakthrough for Zijin Longking within the subject of recent power mining gear, additional demonstrating the corporate’s sturdy momentum in accelerating its strategic enlargement into this new sector and driving the inexperienced, low-carbon transformation of the mining business.
As a new-generation, new-energy mining car designed for high-intensity operations in ultra-large open-pit mines, the ZL230E all-electric mining truck contains a gross car weight of 350 t, an empty weight of 120 t, and a most payload of 230 t, with a heaped physique capability of 125 m³. Zijin Longking states: “Providing complete benefits reminiscent of low power consumption, excessive reliability, ease of upkeep, and excessive hauling capability, it absolutely meets the calls for of large-scale mining operations – together with long-distance transport, heavy-load uphill climbing, and steady work beneath advanced situations – thereby successfully enhancing transport effectivity, lowering working prices, and offering sturdy gear assist for the event of inexperienced mines.”
The ZL230E innovatively adopts a multi-axle, centrally distributed, impartial drive structure paired with twin high-power 800 kW motors, enabling exact energy distribution and environment friendly, coordinated output. Actual-time energy matching throughout drive axles and sustained energy supply throughout hill climbing successfully improve the car’s reliability and flexibility in advanced mining environments. Geared up with a high-capacity, long-life, ultra-fast-charging battery system, it helps charging to 90% capability in simply 25 minutes, considerably lowering downtime and boosting general operational effectivity.
To satisfy the demanding necessities of mining operations – characterised by heavy masses, high-intensity utilization, and strict security requirements – the ZL230E utilises Longking’s patented high-rigidity, large-cross-section body construction that includes a number of ring beams. “By integrating applied sciences reminiscent of a dual-control chassis design, multi-level redundant braking and steering methods, and clever power administration, it establishes a complete security safety system masking the car construction, powertrain, braking system, and steering system, thereby making certain secure and secure mining operations.”
On the ceremony, Zijin Longking President Huang Wei acknowledged that, by leveraging the highly effective empowerment of its main shareholder Zijin Mining and the corporate’s benefits in world mining operational situations, Zijin Longjing is accelerating the event of recent power mining gear – its most promising strategic progress engine – and is repeatedly deepening the impartial R&D of high-tonnage electrical mining vehicles. With electrical mining vehicles because the core platform, Zijin Longjing goals to deeply combine assets reminiscent of wind energy, photovoltaics, power storage, and charging/swapping infrastructure. The corporate “will construct an built-in ‘Wind-Photo voltaic-Storage-Charging-Tools’ inexperienced power answer for mines, thereby empowering the business to cut back prices, improve effectivity, and obtain inexperienced improvement.”
Zijin Longking is a clear power and environmental safety subsidiary of world mining firm Zijin Mining Group. Shaped by Zijin Mining’s main stake in Fujian Longking, the corporate develops specialised heavy mining gear, renewable energy technology, and battery-electric mining vehicles.
On the assembly, autonomous haulage know-how main EACON Mining signed a strategic cooperation settlement with Fujian Longking Lianhui Know-how, inside which the 2 events will have interaction in in-depth cooperation throughout areas reminiscent of driverless mining automobiles, sensible mines, new power mining gear, and the combination of automobiles, roads, and the cloud. Longking Lianhui is a brand new Fujian Longking subsidiary dedicated to enlargement in clever and inexperienced mining gear options.
EACON is a world chief in autonomous driving know-how for mining vehicles; its options have been deployed at scale throughout greater than 40 large-scale mines, together with Zijin Mining’s Zijinshan Gold-Copper Mine and Julong Copper Mine in Tibet, in addition to on the Norton Gold Fields undertaking in Australia (owned by Zijin Gold Worldwide). EACON now has over 3,100 autonomous mining vehicles in operation with a cumulative autonomous transport distance exceeding 150 million kilometres.
The businesses say this partnership will additional combine the technical capabilities of each enterprises in new power mining gear and autonomous driving, accelerating the R&D and implementation of clever options for brand new power mining vehicles. Cooperation will give attention to three key areas:
First, collectively growing clever methods; leveraging Longking Lianhui’s all-electric mining truck platform and integrating EACON’s full-stack capabilities – spanning notion, decision-making, management, and cloud-based dispatch – to create driverless mining dump vehicles tailor-made for open-pit mining environments.
Second, collectively driving large-scale deployment – collaboratively advancing scenario-based validation and large-scale deployment of clever mining gear, whereas accelerating the sensible software of built-in options beneath real-world working situations.
Third, collectively constructing an business ecosystem – partnering to sort out core technological challenges and set up mental property portfolios, actively collaborating within the formulation of business requirements, and driving the systematic and standardised improvement of driverless mining know-how.
The assertion stated: “The electrification and intelligentisation of mining operations are presently converging at an accelerated tempo. This strategic partnership will additional foster synergy between new-energy mining gear and autonomous driving applied sciences, prolong the respective strengths of each events into real-world mining environments, and collectively discover extra environment friendly and clever mining transport options.”
