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Yandi to swap diesel for vegetable oil

BHP has teamed with BP to trial the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil in haul trucks and other mining equipment for a three-month period, at the Yandi iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara.

Karma Barndon
BHP's HVO trial

BHP's HVO trial

The alternative fuel is made from sustainable feedstocks and waste products. BHP WA iron ore asset president Brandon Craig said while the ultimate aim was to have fully electric trucking fleets at the...

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