Posted by Daniel Gleeson on 4th October 2024
Cementation Americas has turn into the most recent miner so as to add a Cat R2900 XE loader to its tools fleet, with the contractor set to deploy the diesel-electric LHD at New Gold’s Wet River venture in Ontario, Canada.
The corporate made the announcement on LinkedIn, referring to the loader as “Caterpillar’s revolutionary answer” designed to deal with larger payloads, facilitate quicker loading and considerably scale back emissions utilizing a diesel-electric drive system. It added: “The 449 hp (335 kW) engine and 18.5-tonne capability promise environment friendly and highly effective efficiency.”
Cementation Americas mentioned venture management at Wet River was anticipating the realisation of a major discount in each gas burn and warmth, creating a greater surroundings for personnel all whereas rising productiveness, with the introduction of the machine.
It concluded: “Cementation is proud to collaborate with New Gold to execute sustainable options and scale back environmental influence within the underground mining surroundings. Let’s get this factor soiled!”
Since business launch final 12 months, the Cat R2900 XE has discovered its means into loading fleets owned by Gold Fields, Westgold Assets and MMG in Australia. Newmont lately confirmed an order for 9 R2900 XEs to the Subika gold mine, in Ghana, whereas Centamin additionally added not less than certainly one of these LHDs to its underground fleet at Sukari, in Egypt. In Canada, Alamos Gold additionally lately bought two of those machines for its Younger-Davidson mine.
