Industry Insight: December 2025 Mining Machinery Industry Dynamics: Demand for Green and Intelligent Equipment Rises, Shandong Hemei Heavy Industry Leads the new Era of mining slag Scrapers and electric excavators

As 2025 draws to a close, the global mining machinery industry remains highly active, and the growth momentum of the industry is becoming increasingly clear. Especially during the period from December 10th to December 17th, 2025, significant dynamics emerged in multiple dimensions such as the market performance, technological innovation and export trends of mining machinery, providing new opportunities and challenges for mining equipment manufacturing enterprises.

? The sales volume of the industry continues to grow

According to the latest data from the China Construction Machinery Association, the domestic sales volume of various types of excavators in November 2025 was approximately 20,027 units, representing a year-on-year growth of 14%. Among them, the export sales volume increased by nearly 19% year-on-year, demonstrating a development pattern driven by both domestic and international market demands.

This growth trend continued the overall recovery pace of the industry throughout the year. In the first ten months, the sales of excavators and loaders both achieved double-digit growth, reflecting the strong demand for mining machinery.

The global mining machine market is expanding and undergoing intelligent upgrades

The international market is also very active: for instance, a certain mining machinery supplier recently exported a batch of 10-ton underground mining trucks to the South American market. Such equipment is crucial for core processes such as deep mining, inclined shaft stripping and ore transportation.

Industry research institutions predict that the global underground mining equipment market is expected to reach approximately 21.3 billion US dollars by 2035, which reflects the continuous attention that underground equipment, including mining slag rakers and mining electric excavators, has received from the industry.

Meanwhile, many international mining machinery enterprises are promoting the development of their products towards intelligence, greenness and electric drive through technological innovation. For instance, at mechanical exhibitions and industry events, new products such as electric excavators, electric loaders, and intelligent remote control equipment were showcased and attracted much attention.

Electrification and intelligence have become the mainstream trends

With the continuous advancement of global carbon emission control and energy conservation and emission reduction, electric mining equipment has gradually become an important direction for the development of the industry. The latest industry data shows that the electrification rate of excavators will be approximately 25.7% in 2025, indicating the rapid growth of electric mining equipment.

This trend not only affects traditional mining machine manufacturing enterprises, but also changes the development pattern of mine automation and intelligent management. More and more mining enterprises give priority to electric and intelligent equipment with high energy efficiency, low maintenance costs and environmental friendliness when upgrading their equipment. Especially in deep underground working environments, the advantages of electric excavators and mining slag rakers are particularly prominent.