KOMATSU Australia says a 90m fleet of its mining equipment, delivered to Macarthur Coal’s Moorvale mine in central Queensland late 2008 has helped the mine bounce back from the GFC.

According to Komatsu¸ the fleet consists of two PC5500 excavators, ten 830E dump trucks and three D475A-5 dozers, along with ancillary equipment such as graders and water carts.

The equipment is said to be owned by the Coppabella Moorvale Joint Venture, in which Macarthur Coal owns 73.3%, and is operated and maintained by Leighton Contractors.

Macarthur Coal says Coppabella is a dragline/electric shovel operation, along with excavators and dump trucks, while Moorvale operates using an all-Komatsu fleet. In this there has always been a Komatsu presence at Moorvale.

The previous trucks at the Moorvale mine were Komatsu 630Es, which have all been upgraded to the new 830E dump trucks.


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