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Construction Equipment

Cat 797 first truck in class to reach milestone of 1,000 made

Cat says the first 797 ever produced is still in service, boasting more than 130,000 hours of work in the Canadian oil sands. Details on the 100th truck here.

June 15, 2018

Construction Equipment

Liebherr announces $45 million expansion to U.S. HQ in Va.

Liebherr-International AG – one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction machinery and earthmoving equipment –  is investing $45 million in the expansion of its Newport News, Virginia, facility. Liebherr, a family owned company that’s been manufacturing in Newport News for over 48 years, says it will construct three new buildings on 28 acres next to its current manufacturing […]

March 28, 2018

Telematics

Cat partners with Minetec to expand capabilities of MineStar telematics service

Caterpillar has entered into an agreement with Australian company Minetec to develop underground hard rock mining technology. Cat says the goal of the partnership is to “deliver best-in-class site solutions for mining customers.” The company says the resulting technology will be integrated solutions offered as part of Cat’s MineStar platform. MineStar provides telematics, data analysis, […]

March 1, 2018

Construction Equipment

Liebherr details testing on diesel-electric T 236 haul truck prototype

Unveiled as a prototype last year at MINExpo, Liebherr’s 100-metric-ton T 236 is now going through field testing at the Erzberg Iron mine in Austria. Editors got a look at the diesel- electric drive truck in its test environment at a press event held in late October. “The Erzberg mine gave us a package of […]

November 8, 2017

Construction Equipment

Cat’s fleet of autonomous mine trucks is about to get a lot bigger

The number of mining trucks driving themselves on Caterpillar’s autonomous Command system will soon more than triple through the expansion of a deal with one of the world’s largest iron ore producers. Cat announced today that Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group has ordered 100 mining trucks be retrofitted with the autonomous mine truck platform at its Chichester Hub […]

September 25, 2017

Autonomous

Cat’s autonomous mine truck system will soon drive Komatsu 930Es

With 100 autonomous haul trucks expected to be working in mines across the world by the end of this year, Caterpillar is emphasizing its brand agnostic mining technology platform, part of its efforts to embed itself deep into a mine’s operation. “Autonomy is no longer an experiment,” said Denise Johnson, Caterpillar Resource Industries group president […]

September 18, 2017

Dealers

RDO Equipment partners with iVolve on mining equipment fleet management

RDO Equipment has joined the iVolve partner program as a national distributor for the U.S mining market providing the latter’s fleet management systems for mining equipment customers. “iVolve is excited to work with RDO Equipment Co., extending their current product offerings to include full fleet management,” says iVolve CEO Kim Parascos. “RDO Equipment Co.’s commitment […]

May 8, 2017

Mergers & Acquisitions

Acquisition complete, Joy Global is now Komatsu Mining Corp.

Komatsu today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Wisconsin-based surface and underground mining equipment manufacturer Joy Global. Citing a belief that the mining industry will see a long-term rebound driven by increased demand for larger equipment in surface mining and further development of underground mining, Komatsu first announced the $3.7 billion deal in July 2016. Though […]

April 5, 2017

Technology

Cat expands MineStar Detect object detection system to more machines, brands

Through retrofit kits, Caterpillar is expanding availability of its MineStar Detect object detection systems not only to more Cat machines but to “virtually all brands of mobile surface mining equipment,” the company announced. The system can be outfitted with 1 to 4 cameras and as many as 8 radars on small auxiliary equipment to ultra […]

October 28, 2016

Trucks

Cat Truck Spotting unbundles autonomous features to give shovel, truck operators more control

First there was the fully autonomous Cat 793F hauling truck, which has been working in Australian mine since 2012. Now there’s what Cat calls “an unbundling” of autonomous features to put slices of autonomy in other machines. One of the first of these features will be truck spotting, expected to be in production next year […]

October 20, 2016

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: The giant trucks, dozers and diggers of MINExpo 2016

Equipment World editors have spent the last week walking the equipment-filled show floor and outdoor lots of the 2016 MINExpo trade show in Las Vegas. This show is home to some of the largest heavy machines in the world and, increasingly, some of the smartest, with the introduction of more and more electrified and autonomous machines […]

September 30, 2016

Dealers

Caterpillar execs stress confidence in long-term health of mining, despite present depths

Topmost in the mining industry’s mind are these two questions: “Have we hit the bottom of the mining cycle? Is it possible there will be a slight upturn in 2017?” “While there are some definitely optimistic signs that we are at the bottom, we’re still not seeing it in sales.” says Denise Johnson, Caterpillar group […]

September 26, 2016