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Rolling Wheels - HUGE trucks! Source:
Ian Usher
Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie, alternatively known as
Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is a city in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western
Australia.
The Super Pit
The Super Pit is an open-cut gold mine approximately 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi)
long, 1.6 kilometres (1.0 mi) wide and 512 metres (1,680 ft) deep. It was
created by Alan Bond, who bought up a number of old mine leases in order to
get the land area needed for the Super Pit. Source:
Wikipedia, Kalgoorlie
KCGM
The Super Pit is managed by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines
(KCGM) and owned (50/50) by Newmont Australia and Barrick Gold Corporation.
Source: SuperPit.com.
Caterpillar Inc.
Caterpillar Inc. is a United States-based corporation headquartered in
Peoria, Illinois. Caterpillar's line of vehicles range from tracked tractors to
hydraulic excavators, backhoe loaders, motor graders, off-highway trucks,
wheel loaders, and agricultural tractors. They are used in construction,
road-building, mining, forestry, energy, transportation and
material-handling industries. Source: Wikipedia, Caterpillar.
CAT 797F Haul Truck.
The 797F delivers excellent
maneuverability, safe operation, low maintenance costs, lower operating
costs and a comfortable ride. The 797F also features two retarding options
for downhill or flat/uphill applications and oil-cooled multiple disc brakes
on all four wheels. Source:
CaterpillarInc.
Komatsu Crawler Excavator PC8000
Machines used for excavating earth and
rocks and loading them on a dump truck. The size ranges from small ones
(PC78MR-6) used in civil engineering to super large ones used in mines
(PC8000-6). Crawler excavators are capable of a wide variety of work by
changing a front attachment. Source:
Komatsu.com.
Komatsu Limited
Komatsu Limited is a multinational
corporation that manufactures construction, mining, and military equipment,
industry machinery such as press machines, lasers, and Thermoelectric
modules. Its headquarters is at 2-3-6, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Komatsu is the world's second largest manufacturer
of construction equipment and mining equipment after Caterpillar. However,
in some areas (Japan, China, Middle East), Komatsu has a larger share than
Caterpillar. It has manufacturing operations in Japan, Asia, Americas and
Europe. Source:
Wikipedia, Komatsu Limited.
Wenco
Wenco is the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of PC based mine
management solutions.
Mine management systems focus on monitoring and controlling a mine's mobile
assets to ensure effective utilization of all departments including
operations, maintenance, engineering, resource planning, management and
financial reporting. Mine management systems have become a necessity in
modern mining and a key ingredient to a successful mine. Source:
Wenco.com.
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