en.Wedoany.com Reported - Since May 2026, the Brazilian subsidiary of Canadian mining company Lundin Mining Corp (TSX: LUN) has deployed a 100% pure electric truck operated by Brazilian logistics firm Zero Carbon Logistics at the Chapada copper-gold mine in Alto Horizonte, Goiás State, central Brazil. The truck is used for daily maintenance, repair, and operational (MRO) material transport. According to estimates by the Brazilian Mining Association (IBRAM), the vehicle is expected to avoid approximately 30,000 kg of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
Lundin Mining is a diversified base metals mining company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, founded in 1994. It operates mines in Brazil, Chile, Portugal, Sweden, and the United States, primarily producing copper, zinc, gold, and nickel. In 2024, the company reported revenue of approximately $3.423 billion. The Chapada mine is a conventional open-pit copper-gold mine that began production in 2007. It is wholly owned and operated by Lundin Mining's Brazilian subsidiary, Mineração Maracá Indústria e Comércio S/A, and was acquired from Yamana Gold Inc. in July 2019. The mine has a designed processing capacity of approximately 65,000 tonnes per day, producing about 40,000 to 45,000 tonnes of copper and 57,000 to 62,000 ounces of gold annually. The mine site is located about 4 km from the town of Alto Horizonte, which has a population of approximately 5,800. The site is connected to the regional transportation network via BR-153 highway and GO-485 road, and is powered by the national grid through a dedicated 85 km, 230 kV transmission line.
Zero Carbon Logistics is a private logistics company headquartered in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, founded around 2021. It focuses on sustainable transportation solutions, operating electric vehicles and cargo drones, and obtained B Corp certification in 2021. The company is an active participant in the United Nations Global Compact, committed to driving the logistics industry toward carbon neutrality. In this collaboration, Zero Carbon Logistics is responsible for the daily operation and maintenance of the vehicle, while Lundin Mining Brasil benefits from the reliable power supply and quantifiable environmental advantages. Based on a standard diesel medium-tonnage freight truck traveling 200 km per day, five days a week, for 50 weeks per year, the annual carbon emissions from this single route would be approximately 30,000 kg. Replacing it with a zero-emission electric truck has reduced direct carbon emissions from transportation on this segment to zero.
This deployment marks a concrete practice in Brazil's mining sector for Scope 3 carbon emission management and represents the latest progress in the sustainable supply chain pilot at the Chapada mine.
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