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Construction Equipment

How to wash a car with a 385-ton excavator (and destroy it in the process)

NO. 9 » No. 10 Video in 2014 This one’s pretty simple. Bunch of guys with some time and what looks to be a Liebherr R9400 mining excavator on their hands decide to have a little fun with a useless car. (At least we hope it was useless.) The results are pretty impressive. Then again, […]

April 4, 2014

Home

Komatsu and GE expand relationship into a new mining equipment and solutions company

Today, Komatsu and General Electric announced the creation of a new company with a focus of creating next generation mining equipment and solutions. Dubbed Komatsu GE Mining Systems, the new company will be owned jointly by Komatsu and GE with each company owning 50 percent. The company will be located at the GE Transportation facility […]

January 30, 2014

Business

Forbes: Caterpillar’s mining woes likely to continue hurting sales in 2014

For the last three quarters, Caterpillar’s financial results have shared a familiar theme: decreased demand for mining equipment. Caterpillar’s mining sales are down 33 percent annually, or $5.4 billion. And a new report from Forbes, put together by stock price estimate firm Trefis, says Caterpillar’s mining woes will likely continue at least into early 2014. […]

December 29, 2013

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar partners with Shell Canada to develop dual fuel LNG engine and fuel mix for mining trucks

Caterpillar and Shell Canada announced today a partnership that will test a new engine and liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel mix aimed at reducing operating costs and emissions. According to the announcement, Cat is developing a “dual fuel” mining truck where LNG displaces most of the diesel power. Cat will test the truck at Shell’s […]

December 15, 2013

Business

The latest in a string of closings, Caterpillar to shutter Virginia mining equipment plant, lay off 240 workers

The decrease in demand for mining equipment is still hurting Caterpillar as the company has announced plans to close another mining equipment plant and lay off an additional 240 workers. The Pulaski, Virginia plant manufactures coal haulers and other equipment and is slated for shutdown by mid-2014, according to a report from Reuters. The announcement is […]

November 18, 2013

Roadbuilding

Ritchie Bros. sells $55+ million at March auction

In the first 2013 Edmonton, AB, Canada, unreserved public auction of Ritchie Bros., the industrial auctioneer sold more than 3,500 heavy equipment items and trucks – including large selection of mining equipment bringing in $55+ million (CA$57 million). The auction took place March 7-8, 2013, featuring a large selection of late-model mining and heavy construction equipment, including more […]

March 14, 2013

Roadbuilding

Mike Anderson’s American Iron

One can’t imagine that the men who started building machines way back when for Galion, or Allis, or Dominion, or Bucyrus, had any inkling whatsoever that they were, in fact, building legacies.

August 2, 2011