Belaz Arrives in North America
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Haul truck future TIMES have been hard for the major truck manufacturers with a number of major mining projects on hold, particularly pressurising the ultra-class market where the key contracts are relatively few and far between, compared to lower-capacity classes. The following details developments at Caterpillar and Liebherr, but also reveals for the first time BELAZ’s plans to roll out key models in North America. Among the other manufacturers, namely Komatsu, Hitachi and Terex, there have also been some important developments. The first Komatsu 960E fleet is being commissioned at a Peabody coal operation in the US, following very successful testing of the truck at Rio Tinto’s Bingham Canyon mine. A future Mining Magazine article will examine the progress of the 960E in more detail. The new Terex MT6300AC fleet at Australia’s Sino Iron magnetite mine is operating well, and the company is pursuing opportunities for the industry’s newest ultra-class truck elsewhere. Hitachi, whose EH5000ACII truck was mentioned earlier this year (MM, May 2009, p42), has now shipped 20 of its new EH3500ACII trucks, which are well spread out geographically: three are operating in Australia with contractor Comiskey, stripping overburden in a coal mine; two are operating in South Africa with Anglo Coal; four are in Finland at Talvivaara’s nickel mine; and four others are operating in the US with Massey Energy, stripping overburden at a coal operation. The remaining trucks are waiting to go into service. The company states that the general feedback has been positive, with the drive system performing particularly well. Finally, the all-new EH4000ACII has a prototype still under test, with product approval due in December. The new truck is expected to be available commercially in January 2010, subject to board approval.
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