First AC drive P&H 4100XPC shovel for Australia

A signing ceremony commemorating the order took place at the end of February, attended by representatives from both P&H and Rio Tinto Coal Australia.

The AC drive P&H 4100XPC is a heavy duty electric rope shovel that provides a 108.9 tonne payload capacity specifically designed to operate in high production mines.

According to P&H, the 4100XPC is the preferred ultra-class shovel choice for high production mines around the world. It said there are over 200 of the 4100-series shovels in operation worldwide.
Leo Kaloglou, director sales & marketing, P&H MinePro Services Australasia, said the new AC drive P&H 4100XPC shovel is scheduled to walk off the pad in 2012.

“This shovel will be the first AC drive P&H 4100XPC shovel in Australia. It will deliver exceptional long-term productivity and it combines a solid reputation of reliability with the proven Centurion control system and AC drives,” said Kaloglou.

Rio Tinto Coal Australia managing director Bill Champion said the new shovel will join two P&H 9020 draglines and an existing shovel, also a P&H 4100XPC, at the Hail Creek Mine.

“Hail Creek Mine put their first P&H machine, a 9020 dragline, to work in 2004,” said Champion. “Since then, Hail Creek mine’s fleet of three P&H machines have achieved a total of over 85,000 operating hours in the challenging central Queensland climate.

“This new shovel will enable Hail Creek mine to maintain its production rate, as overburden increases.”

Hail Creek, located 90 km south west of Mackay in central Queensland, supplies steel mills in Asia and Europe with up to eight million tonnes of hard coking coal per annum.

The mine’s resources were discovered in 1968 with project feasibility work completed in the 1970s. In 2001 Hail Creek Mine started construction and was officially opened in 2003.
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