--- title: "A Major Move Overseas! XIDI Autonomous Driving Partners with UK's MMD Group to Jointly Develop Cabinless Mining Trucks" type: "Topics" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/topics/39983851.md" description: "When China's hardcore technology meets the global mining equipment giant, a collaboration that will impact the industrial landscape of autonomous mining trucks officially begins. On April 16, Xidi Zhijia (XIDI) held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony with MMD Group Limited, a leading enterprise in the global mining equipment field. Centering on autonomous mining trucks, both parties will engage in joint R&D, exclusive supporting services, and deep global commercialization linkage. They will work together to create autonomous driving solutions suitable for the global mining market, helping the global mining industry enter a new stage of intelligent, green, and efficient development..." datetime: "2026-04-17T01:56:16.000Z" locales: - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/topics/39983851.md) - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/topics/39983851.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/topics/39983851.md) author: "[松果财经Pinecone](https://longbridge.com/en/profiles/26955235.md)" --- # A Major Move Overseas! XIDI Autonomous Driving Partners with UK's MMD Group to Jointly Develop Cabinless Mining Trucks When Chinese hard tech meets a global mining equipment giant, a collaboration that will reshape the autonomous mining truck industry officially begins. On April 16th, Xidi Zhijia (Xidi Autonomous Driving) and the global leader in mining equipment, MMD Group Limited (hereinafter referred to as "MMD Group"), held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony. Focusing on autonomous mining trucks, the two parties will engage in joint R&D, exclusive supporting services, and deep global commercialization collaboration. Together, they aim to create autonomous driving solutions tailored for the global mining market, helping the global mining industry enter a new phase of intelligent, green, and efficient development. This signing ceremony has drawn significant industry attention. Key executives from both sides were in full attendance, including MMD Group's Managing Director Martin Vorster, Commercial Director Craig Joynes, Business Development Director Chris Pearson, Legal Director Johannes Spamer and Suné Potgieter, and China President Zhang Bin; as well as Xidi Zhijia's Co-founder Ma Wei, CEO Hu Sibo, Senior Vice President Liu Zhou, among other core leaders, jointly witnessing this historic milestone moment. ▲ Signing Ceremony Site With over 40 years of deep cultivation in the mining equipment field, MMD Group is a globally leading provider of mineral processing solutions, focusing on R&D of advanced mining, quarrying, and recycling machinery. Headquartered in the UK, it has established 19 offices and 6 major manufacturing bases worldwide, with equipment installations exceeding 3,000 units, and its business covers major global mining markets. As a hard tech leader in China's commercial vehicle intelligent driving sector, Xidi Zhijia has deep expertise in autonomous mining trucks and logistics vehicles, V2X technology, and intelligent perception solutions. It is a technical benchmark and commercialization pioneer in unmanned mine transportation. In the domestic market, it has cumulatively deployed over 1,500 unmanned mining trucks, accumulating rich experience in complex operational conditions. ▲ Xidi Zhijia Autonomous Mining Truck The two industry frontrunners are "joining hands" across the ocean, integrating their respective core strengths to achieve deep synergy in three key directions, fully exploring the new blue ocean of the global autonomous mining truck market. **01 Joint R&D to Create Flagship Cab-less Mining Trucks** The two parties will integrate MMD Group's over 40 years of accumulated experience in chassis and heavy machinery design and manufacturing, along with Xidi Zhijia's leading autonomous driving perception, control, and other core technologies, to **jointly develop cab-less mining trucks**, creating a flagship product series specifically tailored for complex global mining conditions. MMD Group's **TraxIQ platform** will be deeply involved in this joint R&D project, providing strong support for the product's global layout. **02 Exclusive Partnership, Forming a Complete "Technology + Manufacturing + Channel" Closed Loop** Xidi Zhijia will serve as the **exclusive supplier** of automation solutions for MMD Group's related mining equipment, providing autonomous driving kits and technical support. Through this exclusive cooperation, the two parties will form a closed-loop advantage of "technology + manufacturing + channel," promoting the widespread adoption of intelligent mining technology globally. **03 Global Demonstrations to Open Doors to Overseas Markets** MMD Group will comprehensively introduce Xidi Zhijia's cab-less autonomous mining trucks and supporting systems, including dispatching platforms and charging piles, to form a global demonstration fleet. Leveraging its global marketing network and industry influence, it will conduct demonstration and brand promotion activities for overseas mining markets, showcasing cutting-edge autonomous mining transportation solutions to global customers. Ma Wei, Co-founder of Xidi Zhijia, stated: We are honored to establish a long-term strategic partnership with MMD Group. This is a significant milestone for Xidi Zhijia's autonomous mining truck technology entering the international market, marking a crucial leap from "domestic benchmark" to "global implementation." Guided by the principles of complementary advantages and resource sharing, both parties will continuously deepen technological innovation and industrial collaboration to jointly lead the wave of intelligent and green transformation in the global mining industry. Martin Vorster, Managing Director of MMD Group, stated: The global mining industry is moving towards a new stage of intelligence and sustainable development. Autonomous mining trucks are key equipment for improving mine efficiency, ensuring operational safety, and reducing operating costs. Xidi Zhijia possesses globally leading technology and mature implementation experience in mine autonomous driving, which highly complements MMD Group's global channels and heavy machinery manufacturing capabilities. We will engage in deep cooperation to bring the jointly developed autonomous mining trucks to the global market, providing customers with safer, more efficient, and lower-carbon integrated mine transportation solutions. The global unmanned mining truck market is on the eve of an explosion. On this track, Xidi Zhijia, leveraging its technology foundation validated by large-scale domestic commercialization, continues to deepen its internationalization strategy. It has appeared at the Saudi LEAP exhibition, signed cooperation agreements with Middle Eastern partners, and actively laid out in major mining markets like Australia. This strategic alliance with MMD Group marks Xidi Zhijia's transition from a single technology export model to a new stage of building a global system encompassing "technology + manufacturing + channel." **China's autonomous mining trucks are now driving towards the world.** $CIDI(03881.HK) ### Related Stocks - [03881.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/03881.HK.md) - [01323.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/01323.HK.md) - [MMD.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MMD.US.md) - [02911.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/02911.HK.md) - [02999.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/02999.HK.md)