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Viewpoint: Perspectives on Modern Mining from Caterpillar
Caterpillar is committed to doing more than providing the products needed to meet the worldwide demand for commodities. We’re committed to being a partner to our mining customers and to the industry they serve. We make it a priority to understand the issues they face — like lowering costs, increasing machine uptime, improving productivity, keeping people safe and protecting communities and environments.
We believe education is one of the most important ways we can support this important industry. And one of the ways we do that is through Viewpoint — a place where we gather and share knowledge from our own experiences, the vast Cat® dealer network, and from our customers themselves.
Produced by Caterpillar Global Mining since 2007, Viewpoint features mines around the world showcasing relevant topics — like safety initiatives, new technologies, best practices in operations and maintenance, sustainability leadership in environmental efforts and much more.
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How to Apply a Learning Mentality to Your Safety Conversations
Join Rossina Gil as she discusses how to shift the tone of your conversations and apply a learning mentality that can help build a culture of safety on your site.
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From Trash to Treasure: Cat® Parts Artists Work Magic with Scrap
Learn how skilled Caterpillar employees use discarded scrap parts for unique furniture & creative ideas, including some at Cat facilities & charity auctions.
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The Cat® AD45 Articulated Truck: A Machine for Modern Mining
Learn how one of Caterpillar's most innovative mining machines, the AD45 articulated mining truck, is helping one of China's largest mines maximize production.
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The Five Principles of Human and Organizational Performance
Rossina Gil shares the five key principles of Human and Organizational Performance — and explains how you can use them to build and sustain culture of safety on your site.
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Cat® 995 Wheel Loader: Reducing Emissions Through Efficiency and Productivity
Learn about the ways the Cat 995 Wheel Loader can help your site reduce greenhouse gas emissions by moving more material while burning less fuel.
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A Lasting Legacy
Flor Rivas, Caterpillar Inc., USA, celebrates 130 years of Caterpillar operations out of South Milwaukee in a Q&A with Will Owen, Editor of Global Mining Review
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The Cat® 995 Wheel Loader: A High-Efficiency Leader
The Cat® 995 Wheel Loader moves more material than its predecessor, the 994K, for significantly less cost. Not only does it deliver a larger payload — it’s also infused with efficiency enhancements that help sites get more done in less time, with less fuel.
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The Evolution of a Workhorse
Gordon Wilkin, Caterpillar, Inc., reviews the evolution of the CAT® R2900: an LHD on the verge of celebrating 30 years since its first introduction to the mining industry.
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The Right Tools For the Job
Learn more about the Ground Engaging Tool options available for the R2900 XE Diesel-Electric Underground Loader.
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Cleaner. Faster. More Powerful.
Learn more about how the R2900 XE Diesel-Electric Underground Loader helps sites reduce exhaust emissions.
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Contractor Helps Employees Live Safe and Work Safe with Support from Caterpillar Safety Services
See how one customer partnered with Caterpillar Safety Services to help create a people-first safety culture across all their operations.
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Stepping Out of the Machine's Shadow
Learn more about how we're helping companies as they eliminate live work in order to improve technician safety.
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Addressing the Risk of Operator Fatigue and Distraction
Learn more about how the Cat® Driver Safety System helped on customer site address the risks of fatigue and distraction on their site.
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Using Technology to Boost Efficiency and Lower Costs
See how Cat® MineStar™ is helping one customer site become more efficient.
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Ensuring Drills Work According to Plan
See how Cat® MineStar™ Terrain for drilling is helping optimize one mine's drilling and blasting operation.
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Ensuring Drills Work According to Plan
See how Cat® MineStar™ Terrain for drilling is helping optimize one mine's drilling and blasting operation.
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Proactively Improving Rope Shovel Uptime at New Peru Copper Mine
See how we worked with Anglo American to reduce boom jack events at their new copper mine.
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Machine Rebuild is Ideal Time for Emission Upgrades
Rebuilding machines is the ideal time to incorporate updated emission controls and take new steps toward improving air quality inside underground mines.
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Delivering Unparalleled Results in New South Wales
Learn more about why most of the surface mines in New South Wales, Australia, choose to use Cat drills
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Caterpillar Employees Participate in Women in Mining USA Annual Conference
Nearly 20 women from Caterpillar mining attended the conference to learn more about the growing role of women in the industry — and to demonstrate Caterpillar's role as a leader in diversity and inclusion
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1,000th Cat® 24 Motor Grader Arrives in Australia
Caterpillar leadership and production team members celebrated the production and sale of the 1,000th 24 motor grader last fall, and now it's hard at work on a customer site in Australia.
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Caterpillar Showcases Technology and Autonomy Leadership at SME’s MINEXCHANGE 2023
We joined other industry leaders and innovators to discuss the future of the mining industry.
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Cat® Electric Rope Shovels: Leading the Way in Efficiency and Reliability ― and Continuing to Improve
Cat Electric Rope Shovels are built on a legacy of success going back more than 140 years. Learn more about our history — and see where we're going next.
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Caterpillar: Making a Big Impact at CES 2023
We had a big presence at CES 2023 — check out our booth and learn more about why we were there.
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Scale Studies Help Mining Companies Maximize Payload, Reduce Fuel Burn and Increase Production
Learn more about how scale studies can help to optimize loading and hauling operations.
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Ensuring the Successful Implementation of New Technology in Botswana
See how technology is helping a customer in Botswana build a safer, more productive operation.
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Building the Next Generation Cat® Hydraulic Mining Shovels
Learn more about the design philosophy behind our latest and greatest hydraulic mining shovels.
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Setting the Standard: The History of the Iconic Cat® 992 Large Wheel Loader
Since 1968, the 992 has been setting the bar for large wheel loader performance. Learn more about this machine's history — and what comes next.
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A Layered Approach to Fatigue and Distraction Management
See how two mines owned by PanAust Limited have approached fatigue and distraction management.
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New Cat® AD30 goes to work in shaft mine after complicated mine transfer process
Get a closer look at how one U.S. mine got a new piece of large equipment underground quickly and safely — so it could get to work.
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Cat® Rope Shovels in Peru Achieve Highest Availability in the World
See how Cat electric rope shovels at Southern Peru Copper Corporation's Cuajone mine achieved record-setting availability.
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First-Ever All-Female Crew Completes 500-Hour Planned Maintenance on Cat® Truck in Peru
Learn more about how a team of women is breaking new ground in maintenance.
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World-First Autonomous Drilling Solution Implemented in Australian Coal Operation
Learn more about how mining contractor Thiess was the first in the world to achieve a new level of drilling automation
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Coal Mine on the Leading Edge of Drilling Autonomy
Learn more about how Mount Pleasant coal mine is serving as a test bed for the future of drilling autonomy.
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Optimizing Operations & Minimizing Impact
Learn more about the many ways in which Caterpillar has reaffirmed its commitment to helping our customers meet their sustainability goals.
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Leveraging Clean Diesel Engines in Underground Applications
Learn more about how Cat hard rock underground mining customers take advantage of clean diesel solutions to improve emissions.
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Partnering to Increase Rope Shovel Productivity
See how a new dipper design helped Alpha Coal improve the pass match of the 7495 Electric Rope Shovel.
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Safely and Efficiently Assembling One of the World's Largest Machines
See how Cat® dealer Ferreryros delivered and assembled a 7495 Electric Rope Shovel without a single reportable accident
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Breathing New Life Into Old Machines: 10 Steps
Today’s miners continually look for ways to make every dollar count. One way they reduce costs associated with their mining machines is through equipment rebuild programs.
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Best-in-Class Truck Design Leads to a Better Bottom Line
We offer trucks in a wide variety of sizes to meet every need and application. But one thing all Cat trucks have in common is the philosophy we follow in their design.
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New Simulator Partnership Provides a Comprehensive Training Solution
Caterpillar has complemented its own offerings by entering into an agreement with ThoroughTec® Simulation, one of the world’s leading training technology organizations.
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Hybrid Energy Solutions from Caterpillar Support B2Gold's Sustainability Goals
Learn about why B2Gold Corp. selected Caterpillar and Cat® dealer Barloworld to supply 7 MW of solar power at the Otjikoto Mine in the Republic of Namibia.
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Moving Material on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Find out why three different contractors relied on Cat® 6015B Hydraulic Shovels to handle excavating duties on a major construction project on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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How Does an Autonomous Truck See?
Caterpillar autonomy expert Jagath Samaraweera explains how Cat autonomous trucks "see" what's coming using an advanced perception system.
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Cat® Reman Customer Profile
The operations team at Eutaw Construction describes how high-quality Cat® Reman products help them cost-effectively maintain a large heavy civil equipment fleet.
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How to Become an Equipment Operator
Interested in learning how to become an equipment operator? Caterpillar tells you everything you need to know about education, training, and career success.
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7 Ways to Prevent Equipment Downtime
Equipment downtime can delay your projects. Read about the top ways to prevent downtime, including the use of equipment monitoring and proper storage steps.
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Proving the value of a new dozer — and a strong partnership
Mine developer Pelly Construction has chosen Caterpillar and Cat® dealer Finning Canada to fill a critical role — supporting its operations in remote areas like Canada’s Yukon. And when it came time to choose a customer to prove its new D10 Dozer, Caterpillar and Finning chose Pelly.
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Providing a turnkey rental solution
In South Dakota’s Black Hills, Cat dealer® Butler Machinery is delivering a power-by-the-hour solution for Coeur Mining’s Wharf gold mine that includes a fleet of machines, maintenance support, and on-site technicians who complement the Wharf workforce.
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Getting the most from electric rope shovel swing racks: Precision design, operating techniques and proper maintenance
Electric rope shovels can load more material — more efficiently and more cost-effectively — than any other loading tool in the mining industry. These highly productive machines rely heavily on the swing rack, which is one of the hardest working pieces of the electric rope shovel.
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Tips for implementing change on your mine site
Successful implementation of a technology solution is contingent upon a culture of trust. These change management tips will help keep management and workforce on the same page when it comes to implementing new technologies.
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Mixed results: How change management impacted implementation of a new rope shovel technology
When a new technology feature was introduced on Cat® 7495 Electric Rope Shovels (ERS) several years ago, it was met with mixed results. Some reported good results while others said the feature was limiting productivity. So why the different outcomes? It came down to how sites rolled out the feature and managed the change.
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Cat® Mining Truck Named the Coolest Thing Made in Illinois
In 2020, the Cat 797F Mining Truck was named the coolest thing made in the state of Illinois.
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Mining truck considerations: Is bigger always better?
When it comes to hauling ore, conventional wisdom would indicate that buying a bigger truck will result in greater productivity. While it’s true that more is being hauled with every truckload, there are a number of considerations that may lead to the conclusion that that bigger isn’t necessarily better.
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Looking for ways to control costs? Financial solutions can enable efficiency gains
When it comes to hauling ore, conventional wisdom would indicate that buying a bigger truck will result in greater productivity. But the experts at Caterpillar point out that the benefits larger trucks bring to the operation may be offset by negative impacts on other areas. It’s important to consider the complete mining enterprise when evaluating a change in truck size.
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Wheel dozers help mines increase efficiency of production fleet
Wheel dozers combine the production capabilities of track-type tractors with the mobility and versatility of wheel loaders. Cat® Wheel Dozers are based on Cat Wheel Loaders — designed for mining applications, with structures and a powertrain designed for dozing.
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9 ways to ensure haul roads are an asset — not a liability
Well-designed and maintained haul roads a have a significant impact on productivity and costs. When haul roads are kept in top condition, trucks run faster and more safely, cycle times improve and more ore is produced. Good road conditions also reduce truck maintenance, lower fuel costs and reduce tire damage. There are several key activities that will ensure haul roads are kept in top condition.
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Keeping things clean: 10 things you can do to reap the benefits of contamination control
The steps mines can take to control contamination range from the straightforward — such as good housekeeping — to the less common, such as particle counting. The basic procedures focus on clean facilities, clean components, clean processes and clean fluids.
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Improving efficiency underground: Seven top areas to evaluate
Underground hard rock mines present some of the most challenging conditions for mining operations. Despite these challenges, underground miners are always on the lookout for ways to improve loading and haulage performance to lower cost per ton.
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