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EACON Mining Technology

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OEM-agnostic autonomous haulage system (ORCASTRA) for open-pit mining trucks, operating one of the world's largest autonomous mining fleets (2,500+ active units, 20+ sites, several with 100-200+ trucks each). Retrofits drive-by-wire plus full autonomy on third-party trucks (Komatsu HD1500) and runs driver-out production cycles; expanding overseas via an Australian subsidiary.

HeadquartersBeijing, CN
Founded2018
Corporate funding$167M
TeamNot listed
Deployments3
Open roles0
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StageSeries D
FoundersZhang Lei (Founder & Chairman)
Regions servedAsia, Oceania
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-05
MX

Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machinemobility

ORCASTRA AHS retrofit truck

  • 1,500+ autonomous trucks deployed across 20+ mine and quarry sites in 2.5 years

    Cumulative deployed autonomous haulage fleet

    Claim source
  • World-first autonomy retrofit of Komatsu HD1500 trucks (Thiess fleet, Mulgarrie WA)

    First-of-type retrofit claim

    Claim source
DP

Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2024-11-06State Power Investment Corp / National Energy Group and other large open-pit minesscaled deployment across SOE-owned open-pit mines; 715 driverless vehicles cumulativeCN715Announcement
2024-10-30TBEA / Tianchi Energy (Xinjiang South open-pit coal mine)open-pit coal mine, safety-officer-free normalized operationCN203Announcement
2024-01-01Norton Gold Fields (Zijin Mining), Havana Pit, Kalgoorlieopen-pit gold mine, 6 Komatsu HD1500 driverless trucksAU6Announcement
CA

Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordCATL CapitalTonly Heavy IndustriesCHC NavigationZhongji InnolightFG VentureXingqi Fund
TL

Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2026-03-06Thiess Global Summit visits EACON AHS retrofitted trucks at MulgarrieInternational Mining
2026-01-01First fully autonomous (driver-out) haulage test cycle in Australia at Norton Gold Fields' Mulgarrie mineMedianet News Hub
2025-06-25$55M CATL-led Series D to accelerate overseas deploymentsInvestMETS
SC

Source ledger

11 unique public sources