Borterra, MEDATech’s specialty drilling solutions division, announces commercial release of robotic rod handling technology custom engineered for underground mining  COLLINGWOOD, ONTARIO – 27 February 2026 – Four years after developing its first ‘RodBot’ technology for geotechnical drilling applications and just in time for the mining industry’s annual gathering at PDAC, MEDATech’s…

Combination of best-in-class hardware and software with system integration expertise to accelerate adoption of battery electric drivetrains across industries   BURLINGTON & COLLINGWOOD, ONTARIO – 23 February 2026 – The transition to electrification for off-road mobile equipment presents significant challenges and exciting opportunities.  To accelerate adoption, global leaders in mobile application and automation…

As an engineering, consulting and strategic manufacturing company in the heavy mobile equipment space, we are committed to solving the puzzles our customers bring to us. Tackling equipment and software challenges is fundamental to the success of our engineered designs and our business.  The applied heavy mobile equipment innovation we are…

MEDATECH, ELECTRIFED MOTORS TEAM UP TO PROVIDE EV DRIVETRAIN POWER OPTIONALITY TO OFF-HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS & END-USERS Companies combine electrification expertise to broaden AltDrive product line offering with addition of market-leading electric motor technology  COLLINGWOOD, ONTARIO, CANADA – July 28, 2025 – Today, heavy mobile equipment EV drivetrain specialists MEDATech Engineering…

How many types of drill rigs are required for underground mining? Until recently, the answer was ‘many’. But a new ITH-raise drill from MEDATech Borterra promises to change that. The Borterra RaisePro-48T is a multi-purpose ITH-Raise Drill that sets a new standard in efficiency, versatility and innovation. The track-mounted In-The-Hole…

‘Better workplace safety’ has gradually become the mantra of businesses around the world and safety istop of mind for Major Drilling, one of the world’s largest drilling services companies primarily serving themining industry. “Rod handling is the part of drilling historically most prone to accidents,” observes Marc Landry, VPTechnology &…

The science behind EV fleet planning Industrial battery-electric vehicles work as hard or harder than diesel versions, with clear environmental and health benefits. You want financial benefits too, but how can you be sure you’re making the right choices?  Is your chosen vehicle really suitable for the work? Can it…

Don “Ducky” MacLean made ‘MacLean Engineering’ a name brand in the mining industry, worldwide. Unfortunately for all of us, we lost Don last Thursday. Over 50 years ago, Ducky had a vision: to make underground equipment for mining that would provide a safer environment for miners. Through Don’s capability to…

Building an industrial battery-electric vehicle (BEV) just got a whole lot easier. MEDATech AltDrive isnow offering complete BEV powertrains kits that fit existing engine compartments. They come in 140kW, 360 kW and 720 kW sizes, suitable for machines as small as a backhoe and as large as a mining haultruck.…

Down-the-hole (DTH) water-hammer drilling (also known as ‘Wassara drilling’) is used in sensitive drilling situations. One challenge with this kind of drilling has always been fluctuating pressure and flowrate. That’s why we created WaterBox™ – for greater precision.  The MEDATech Borterra WaterBox is a self-contained diesel- or electric-powered unit that…

A dynamic team From Rob’s house, MEDATech moved to a tiny unit on Hurontario Street next to where the Wild Stand is today. From there, we hopped over to 25 Sanford Fleming, where we partitioned off and occupied a quarter of the building. By the time we moved to 35…

HV PDUs for heavy-duty battery-electric vehicles As you might imagine, every electric vehicle comes with a panel that handles power distribution. Current from the battery is distributed through fuses to all of the high-voltage loads—traction drive, power steering and brake resistors, for example.  Building HV PDU panels for OEMs When…

When you have a puzzle to solve, it is sometimes helpful to define the task and then provide ‘guardrails’ rather than prescribe a methodology for solving it. The reason? Different approaches to problem-solving yield different results.

MEDATech Borterra’s RodBot™ is a robotic drill-rod handler that boosts workplace safety. Designed specifically for loading and unloading drill rods and casing, RodBot cuts manual rod handling by 95% and reduces the number of people needed on a drill rig, in most cases, to a single operator.  Created by MEDATech’s…

According to Mining-technology.com, industrial robotics sector revenues are forecast to grow from $14.6 billion in 2020 to $352.1 billion by 2030. That’s an increase of 37.5%, year over year. What’s driving robotics adoption? Safety, productivity and sustainability, with safety firmly in the lead in industries where hazards abound, such as…

Some nice hometown media attention spotlighting MEDATech AltDrive powertrains and the team that built our latest! Learn how we build and who put our latest battery-electric heavy hauler together

MEDATech Borterra WaterBox™ water hammer drill pump digital controls deliver precise pressure and flowrate The MEDATech Borterra WaterBox™ is a self-contained diesel- or electric-powered unit that pumps water at the exact flow rates that DTH water-hammer drills require. We built it to solve a specific problem. The WS6000, a drill…

Canada’s mining technology and services specialists, especially those based in historic mining hubs like Sudbury and North Bay, continue to play an important role in mines both domestically and around the world. Learn more about today’s most significant Canadian mining tech stories, including ours. Learn how MEDATech is working in…

Teck Resources and MEDATech just announced the planned pilot of a fully electric on-highway truck to haul copper concentrate, marking the first use of a battery-electric truck to do so, worldwide. The truck will ply a route from Teck’s Highland Valley Copper Operations (HVC) in south central British Columbia (B.C.)…

Equipping big, off-road vehicles with batteries is expensive. The lithium-ion cells required for a single battery-electric haul truck could run as high as USD $1,000,000. There are 2 ways to get top performance and make them last years longer: follow a set charge/discharge schedule, and to keep them modulating optimally…