Greatland Assets has bought its first Caterpillar machine from native vendor WesTrac, with the Cat 6060 hydraulic mining shovel now able to work on the Telfer gold-copper mine within the Paterson Province of the East Pilbara area in Western Australia.
The 6060 took three weeks to assemble, in accordance with WesTrac, including: “It’s now able to work alongside three of its older brothers on the Telfer Gold Mine.”
Caterpillar launched its subsequent technology 6060 hydraulic mining shovel in 2020. This changed the 6060B within the hydraulic mining shovel lineup, options up to date engines, optimised hydraulics, heavy-duty buildings and undercarriage, Cat electronics and a state-of-the-art cab, in accordance with the corporate.
The 600-t class mining shovel has a bucket payload of about 61 t/cross in each face shovel and backhoe configurations. This makes it an environment friendly four-pass match with the 231-t payload Cat 793 mining truck and five-pass match with the 291-t payload Cat 794 AC mining truck. Twin Cat 3512E engines are optimised for top efficiency, gas environment friendly operation and elevated sturdiness, in accordance with the corporate.
In Greatland’s December quarter outcomes, it mentioned it invested A$61.2 million ($42.7 million) in Telfer development capital expenditure invested throughout tailings enlargement, open pit pre-stripping,
underground growth and open-pit fleet renewal. The mine produced 86,273 oz of gold and three,528 t of copper in that three-month interval. Greatland acquired 100% possession of Telfer from Newmont on December 4, 2024.
