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Fortescue Strikes Deal to Build Fleet of Hydrogen-Fueled Buses
- Miner to work with U.S. startup Hyzon Motors to build coaches
- Deal speeds Fortescue’s push to reduce carbon emissions
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Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. has teamed with U.S. startup Hyzon Motors to build a fleet of hydrogen fuel-cell buses. The world’s fourth-biggest exporter of iron ore plans to deploy the coaches in the Pilbara mining region in Western Australia starting from mid-next year.
Hyzon will supply 10 buses to replace a fleet of diesel vehicles at the Christmas Creek mine under a A$32 million ($23 million) project that will also involve installation of a refueling station to use energy from Fortescue’s solar-gas hybrid system, the Perth-based company said in a statement Monday.