Monstrous trucks and cleaning up a 'carbon monster': Robert talks to the CEO of Fortescue.
 
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Timestamps: 00:00:10 – Intro
00:03:49 – What Fortescue is, export scale, Port Hedland
00:07:26 – Why decarbonize: climate, economics, sovereignty
00:13:45 – The economics: diesel cost vs solar/battery savings
00:18:50 – Mining tech and safety: why big machines lag behind EVs
00:21:47 – Truck battery scale and first-gen electric retrofit design
00:30:06 – Full mining process, and electrifying the entire fleet
00:34:38 – Hydrogen and ammonia as alternative green fuels
00:39:31 – Steel making, green metal, and Pilbara industrial ambitions
00:58:25 – Battery safety, thermal runaway, and wind-down 
 
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