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Caterpillar has introduced the MD6200 Rotary Blasthole Drill. It is the smallest drill of its type that the company has produced.

At 84 years young, Alastair MacKellar is still just as passionate and just as involved in working life as he was back in 1950, when he began his apprenticeship as a 17 year-old with the South Australian Tractor Company, Australia’s primary Cat dealer at the time.

Energy Power Systems Australia (EPSA) is poised to fire up their temperature control capability as the summer months approach.

Jason Smith, general manager for mining sales at Queensland-based Cat dealer Hastings Deering, discusses the latest equipment and technology trends with Australian Mining. The mining equipment sector experienced a lift in optimism in 2017 that has gathered momentum so far this year. Buoyed by the increasing health of coal and base metals prices, Queensland has … Continue reading Cat dealer Hastings Deering talks the latest tech trends →

Customer adoption of Hastings Deering Condition Monitoring services is growing at an exponential rate, and as a result, is changing basic fundamentals in the industry.

Caterpillar has manufactured and delivered its 50,000th articulated truck. It is the third truck milestone for Caterpillar this year, following the 5000th 793 mining truck and the 1000th 797 mining truck.

Caterpillar and Newmont Mining have announced a technology collaboration to improve underground hard rock autonomous vehicles.

Jason Smith, general manager for mining sales at Queensland-based Cat dealer Hastings Deering, discusses the latest equipment and technology trends with Australian Mining.

WesTrac will introduce the first Cat MD6250 rotary blasthole drill in Australia this week.

Caterpillar has manufactured its 1000th 797 mining truck, 19 years after the first machine was commissioned.

Caterpillar has unveiled the new 814K wheel dozer, which features an updated sound-suppressed cab, efficient power unit and transmission drive, and centralised service station configuration to drive machine uptime and operator productivity.

Mining equipment rental company Emeco is bolstering its digital capabilities by rolling out an advanced Internet of Things (IoT) solution that will track and harvest data from its assets.

Volatile prices of commodities or raw materials is the major trend observed in the last few years, according to Grand View Research. The mining equipment market is also expected to witness the impact of this unpredictability.

Caterpillar dealer WesTrac will launch the Cat 320 GC, 320 and 323 hydraulic excavators at events in Perth and Sydney in May and June.

Caterpillar has assembled its 5000th 793 mining truck, 27 years after the first vehicle was produced.

Equipment manufacturer Caterpillar is optimistic about market conditions in the mining and resources industries.

Caterpillar has announced three articulated trucks — 730, 730 EJ (Ejector) and 735 — to replace the manufacturer’s C Series predecessors.

Building on the strong heritage of the M Series Motor Graders, the new Caterpillar 24 Motor Grader delivers high performance construction and maintenance of mine roads to improve mining truck efficiency.

Peabody Energy has ordered a complete Cat longwall mining system for its North Goonyella coal mine located in central Queensland.

Caterpillar and Minetec have established a global licensing, technology development and marketing agreement targeting hard rock mining challenges.