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"This massive Liebherr electric excavator reached a major operational milestone
earlier this month when it moved its one
millionth tonne of dirt. And now,
its buyers want more!
That’s right, gang – since we first covered the converted mining excavator back
in January it’s been hard at work. And now, after its initial 90 day “break-in”
period operating at partial capacity while the site team familiarized
themselves with the new tech, it’s operating at full speed at Fortescue’s
Christmas Creek mine in Western Australia.
The Liebherr is working so well, in fact, that Fortescue is planning on order
two more examples of the mighty electric earth-mover.
“This is such an exciting milestone for Fortescue and our decarbonisation
journey. Importantly, we’ve been able to achieve this while maintaining our
high safety standards,” says Fortescue Metals CEO, Dino Otranto. “We will have
two additional electric excavators commissioned by the end of April. Once we
decarbonize our entire fleet, around 95 million liters of diesel will be
removed from our operations every year, or more than a quarter of a million
tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.”"
Via Christoph S.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
