"Sustainability"

That might sound odd, but Fier told participants at last week’s virtual Work Truck Week 2021 (March 8-12), a celebration of the commercial truck industry, that he finds inspiration looking back as he looks forward to the challenge in achieving the carbon-neutral future envisioned in PLANET 2050, Cummins’ environmental sustainability strategy. “You’re probably saying, ‘Why are you looking at the

What: Tony Satterthwaite, Vice Chairman of Cummins Inc., will testify at Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing on “Driving Innovation in Transportation." When: Tuesday, March 16 at 9:30 a.m. Where: The hearing can be viewed on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources website Details: Satterthwaite will discuss Cummins’ vision for innovating across its products to su

This edition of our 'Digging Deeper' series focuses on sustainable mining. It outlines some of the technologies the mining industry is using to progress in sustainable mining and reduced environmental impact. Sustainable mining and reducing the environmental footprint are emerging priorities across the mining industry. For example, Glencore allocated 16 out of 93 pages in its most recent annual

Downtime of a mining dump truck or an excavator could cost the mine operator over thousand dollars per hour. With such high costs associated with machine downtime, it is crucial for the mining industry to improve machine uptime.  What is machine downtime, uptime and availability? Let’s start with equipment availability. Equipment availability as the duration the equipment is ready when

Let’s define productivity as getting the job done faster. Increased mining equipment productivity helps miners do more with less. In the mining business, productivity is sometimes less space allocated to an engine, leaving extra room for more payload. Sometimes, it is less time for mine haul trucks to accelerate, thus maximizing the number of trips a day.  Miners have several opportunities

Mining industry uses approximately four percent of the world’s energy according to the International Energy Agency. This makes efficiency an important consideration for mining industry. This is true both at equipment level efficiency and site-level efficiency. Mines use energy for tasks ranging from mobile machinery operation to ventilation. Meanwhile, heavy mobile mining equipment such as haul

Some mine haul trucks feature $50,000 tires and consume up to 30 gallons of fuel an hour. It could cost over a million dollars a year to operate one of these mine haul trucks. These high costs are also combined with almost continuous use of equipment in mining industry. This combination allows even small improvements yield into major financial performance gains for miners.  What impacts th

Sustainable mining and reducing the cost of production are two of the focal points of this modernization. Cummins has been a part of this journey since the Cummins Model F engines powered the very first diesel shovel in 1926. "The mining industry is now an innovation hub. Mine sites feature the latest technologies from remote control equipment to driverless (autonomous) trucks. In fact, two of

 Note: this photo was taken prior to COVID-19 By partnering with expert nonprofits and leveraging the unique skills and talents of Cummins employees and leaders, Cummins Powers Women has also enabled equal rights and opportunity for 98,000 women and girl in 18 countries in just  three years. Launched on International Women’s Day in 2018, the now $20 million community initiative has ac

The institute is the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices that fuel corporate character, marketplace trust and business success. Ethisphere has deep expertise in measuring and defining core ethics standards using data-driven insights that help companies enhance corporate character and measure and improve culture. “While addressing the tough challen

That total includes media the company produced to make masks for its own employees, an initiative starting in June 2020 when Cummins announced it would purchase the necessary equipment to begin mask manufacturing at three sites. Those sites produced about 10 million masks for use companywide in 2020 and continue in operation today. “When the pandemic first started, Cummins re-evaluated our supp