This is the first time a coal plant air permit application has ever been denied on the basis of CO2 emissions. Good news, certainly, for anyone worried about the manifold environmental problems caused ...

This giant vehicle is made for the mining industry. The Caterpillar 797B, manufactured by Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), is part of a series of ultra-class mining trucks. This particular model is one of ...

Driving the world’s biggest dump truck to and from the world’s biggest electric shovel might be a dream job for little boys the world over. But here was Valerie Wagar gripping the wheel of her ...

The largest dump truck in the world is parked under a huge mechanical shovel waiting to transport 400 tons of oily sand at an open pit mine in the northern reaches of Alberta. Each Caterpillar 797B ...

Vancouver’s Finning International Inc. has sold 19 of its 400-ton Caterpillar 797B mining trucks, below, valued at more than $100 million to Albian Sands Energy Inc., operator of the Athabasca Oil ...