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"SMS Equipment has delivered the world’s largest excavator – an electric
Komatsu PC8000-11 – to the Copper Mountain mine owned 75% by Hudbay Minerals
and 25% by Mitsubishi Materials near Princeton, B.C. The new excavator will be
used to load Komatsu 830E electric haul trucks at the mine.
At 9.7 meters tall and 10 meters wide, the Komatsu PC8000-11 is the largest
surface mining excavator on the market. With an impressive list of technical
specifications, this particular model delivers more than a hefty payload – it
will operate solely on electricity, contributing to the operation’s
emissions-reduction strategy.
“Embracing a sustainable future through electrification is an important step in
our collective journey to decarbonization,” says Dennis Chmielewski, executive
VP mining at SMS Equipment. “We are a proud equipment, service and technology
solutions partner to Hudbay and a long-time supporter of the Copper Mountain
mine trolley-assist project. The addition of a large-capacity excavator to the
mine’s electric infrastructure marks exciting progress on its path to
net-zero.”
The Copper Mountain mine is one of the only open pit mines in North America to
operate an electric trolley-assist haulage system. The 1-km haul ramp and seven
pantograph-equipped electric haul trucks that comprise the project were
commissioned in the spring of 2022, in partnership with SMS Equipment, Komatsu,
ABB, Clean BC, and B.C. Hydro. The latest PC8000 joins two other electric
excavators operating at the site that complement the mine’s overall electric
fleet.
“Electric equipment and infrastructure significantly reduce our reliance on
diesel, the largest source of GHG emissions at the mine,” says Walt Halipchuk,
director of sustainability and assets at Hudbay. “With the help of this
technology, we are on track to reduce our emissions in 2024 by 6,000 tonnes of
CO2e.”"
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