In recent years, the development momentum of mining machinery has been getting better year after year. According to statistics, the revenue/profit of China's mining machinery industry in 2022, 2023, and 2024 were 299.5/18.0 billion yuan, 315.1/21.0 billion yuan, and 331.0/24.1 billion yuan, respectively. Some industry institutions predict that by 2029 the global mining equipment market will reach 135 billion US dollars.

In the first half of 2025, the mining machinery market remained hot, with news of new product rollouts and equipment deliveries constantly emerging within the industry. A large number of leading domestic enterprises such as XCMG, Zoomlion, Sany, LiuGong, LGMG, and Shantui took turns to appear on stage, making the whole market extraordinarily lively.

In this regard, the Construction Machinery Brand Network will discuss the three major future development directions of mining machinery based on the performance of enterprises in China's construction machinery market in the first half of 2025.

Large-scale and clustered development

With the increase in global mining investment, the influence of policy factors, and the continuous improvement of the competitiveness of mining machinery products, China's mining machinery equipment is developing in the direction of large-scale and clustered development.

In March 2025, the batch delivery ceremony of LGMG Heavy Machinery's complete sets of equipment was grandly held at the Malang Mine in Hami, Xinjiang, successfully delivering to customers hundreds of high-end mining equipment units, including large mining excavators and new energy unmanned mining trucks. The complete sets of equipment delivered this time covered the 130-ton-class large mining excavator ME130-1, the unmanned hybrid mining truck RTH136, and the classic high-horsepower fuel mining truck MT126H. This is a comprehensive solution specially tailored by LGMG Heavy Machinery for the complex working conditions of the northwest region, such as severe cold and dust, and is an important practice in empowering the construction of green and smart mines and helping the industry's high-quality development.

In May 2025, at the new product launch conference of Zoomlion's complete sets of mining machinery equipment, the ZTE520, the world's largest-tonnage hybrid electric drive mining dump truck with a payload of 300 tons, and the ZE4000G, a 400-ton ultra-large mining hydraulic excavator, were grandly unveiled. At the same time, the conference site also live-streamed via a connection the rollout ceremony of the all-new generation 35-cubic-meter electric shovel ZRS35G, with a dead weight of 1,100 tons, at the Weinan Park in Shaanxi. In addition, 100-200-ton mining excavators, 5.5-ton to 12-ton pure electric and hybrid loader series, 600-horsepower bulldozers, and down-the-hole drills specially built for extra-large open-pit mines were also unveiled. These complete-set "golden combination" premium products provide better choices for open-pit mining and large-scale earthwork and stone transportation construction.

In June 2025, XCMG made a stunning appearance at the 19th Ordos International Coal and Energy Industry Expo with a complete green and intelligent solution composed of 7 pieces of mining equipment, including the XE750GK mining excavator and XE900G Pro hydraulic excavator for front-end excavation, the XG110 wide-body dump truck and ZNK95 electric unmanned mining truck used in the mining material transportation link, and auxiliary mining equipment such as the XC975-HEV hybrid loader, GR3005T mining grader, and D360 bulldozer. According to the on-site technical director, this solution realizes collaborative operation of equipment clusters through an intelligent interconnection system, improves comprehensive energy efficiency by more than 15%, and reduces carbon emissions by 20%, fully responding to the core needs of global mining customers for "high efficiency, low carbon, intelligence, and reliability."

Intelligent and unmanned development

In 2024, the National Mine Safety Administration and six other departments issued the Guiding Opinions on Deepening the Construction of Intelligent Mines and Promoting the Safe Development of Mines, clearly proposing to establish a complete intelligent mine standard system by 2026 and to achieve deep integration and shared application of mine data by 2030, promoting fewer-person and unmanned mining operations, thus giving rise to a smart equipment market worth over 100 billion yuan.

Shantui Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. has always taken green, low-carbon, and high-quality development as the direction of the enterprise and is committed to the development and application of equipment intelligent systems. Its "Mining Cube," which took three years to develop, provides customizable integrated construction solutions and management schemes for mining. The "Mining Cube" is composed of the Kunlun digital platform plus digitized Shantui excavators, mining trucks, and other equipment. The Kunlun digital platform is responsible for supervising and managing construction equipment throughout the entire process, allowing management personnel to grasp on-site equipment operation, maintenance, and cost conditions right from the office, increasing shift output by 5% and reducing statistical costs by 80%.

As a mining truck manufacturer, North Industries Group has a global delivery record of more than 7,000 trucks. Eacon, with its ORCASTRA® autonomous driving system, has deployed more than 1,500 unmanned trucks in more than 20 mines worldwide, occupying nearly 50% of the domestic market share. In July 2025, Eacon signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Inner Mongolia North Hauler Joint Stock Co., Ltd. to jointly promote factory pre-installation and retrofit autonomous driving solutions for rigid dump trucks. This cooperation will combine North Hauler's hardware manufacturing capabilities with Eacon's autonomous driving technology to provide customized solutions for diesel, pure electric, and cabless models, realizing a flexible deployment model in which "one system adapts to multiple brands of models."

In July 2025, Tongly Heavy Industry's TLE135 pure electric off-highway wide-body dump trucks were delivered in batches to the Zhaoqing Communications Green Quarry, opening a new model of "green transportation" for the Deqing Conch project. At present, Tongly Heavy Industry's pure electric products are used in more than 30 large mines around the world, and the company has established deep cooperative relations with global mining giants such as Rio Tinto and Zijin, achieving large-scale application.

According to industry forecasts, by 2025 the global electric mining truck market will reach 60 billion US dollars, with a compound annual growth rate maintained at over 18%, and the scale of China's electric mining truck market will exceed 30 billion yuan, with a penetration rate of over 15%. This technology-driven green revolution is reshaping the industrial landscape of global mining transportation.

Full life cycle service orientation

Zoomlion has created a service scheme for the mining industry called "Mine Selection, Heartfelt Escort." All services in this scheme are provided directly by the factory to customers. All engineers dispatched to the front line have undergone specialized factory training, master core maintenance technologies, are equipped with specialized maintenance tools, and provide services according to unified service standards. Relying on Zoomlion's "end-to-end" model, this scheme directly provides end customers with full life cycle services and intelligent management, including equipment and management, and has multiple advantages such as fast response speed, rapid spare parts supply, and personalized customization.

XCMG, in turn, launched "Three Packages and One Commitment" one-stop maintenance and full life cycle services: the maintenance package provides original-quality filters precisely matched to maintenance cycles; the repair package packages core parts as needed to ensure repair quality; and the seal package is convenient to install and offers advantages in cost and efficiency. Supporting MARC maintenance contracts provide flexible service plans ranging from 1 to 5 years, guaranteeing equipment attendance rates with original spare parts and professional services. Through combined purchases, a truly "worry-free, time-saving, and money-saving" maintenance experience can be achieved.

The "11210" full life cycle service is TZ's commitment to users. "11210" means replying to users within a quarter of an hour, arranging service personnel within a quarter of an hour, arriving at the service site within two hours, solving the user's problem within one day, and tracking the service to the end until the problem is closed and cleared. From trial use before machine delivery to training after delivery and long-term professional maintenance, TZ's "11210" full life cycle service escorts users.

Today, mining machinery has already become the new favorite of the construction machinery industry. With the increase in global mining investment, the influence of policy factors, and the continuous improvement of the competitiveness of mining machinery products, the mining machinery market is expected to continue growing in the future. In order to seize this growth opportunity, a host of powerful Chinese brands need to make solid progress on the transformation path of "large-scale and clustered development, intelligent and unmanned development, and full life cycle service orientation," so as to demonstrate the outstanding strength of Chinese manufacturing in the global market.