One other new Caterpillar R2900 XE diesel-electric loader has landed in Australia able to go to work at AIC Mines Restricted Eloise copper mine venture in Queensland.
PYBAR, a Thiess firm, introduced that it had delivered the loader to Eloise, the place it has been offering underground improvement mining companies since 2020.
Eloise joins the likes of Stawell (Victoria), Sand King and Noticed Quoll (Western Australia) and Tomingley (New South Wales) to not too long ago obtain a minimum of one in every of these loaders. Westgold Sources, Gold Fields and MMG even have the diesel-electric loaders of their mining fleets at one in every of their operations in Australia.
The brand new R2900 XE boasts greater than 31% better gas effectivity, a 20% enhance in productiveness and 52% faster acceleration than earlier R2900 fashions, in accordance with PYBAR.
The R2900 XE contains a swap reluctance electrical drive system alongside a Cat C15 diesel engine, which gives as much as 335 kW of energy, with Caterpillar saying the machine comes with decrease engine revolutions per minute leading to lowered gas burn, warmth, noise, vibration and exhaust emissions.
“Outfitted with Cat Command expertise with full autonomy, together with auto dig and dump options, the machine will ship bigger payloads, lowered emissions and enhanced security options for our consumer’s venture,” it added.
PYBAR says its expert and devoted staff is eager to set the brand new loader to work alongside its current fleet of specialized underground mining gear to additional assist the profitable improvement of the venture.
The Eloise copper mine is in north Queensland, 60 km southeast of Cloncurry and 155 km east-southeast of Mt Isa, was commissioned in 1996 and has since mined over 14.5 Mt of ore grading 2.7% Cu and 0.8g/t Au to provide 376,000 t of copper and 195,000 oz of gold in focus.
