6015B Helps Alabama Quarry Increase Production and Improve Fuel Efficiency

Ever since O’Neal Quarry got a new Cat 6015B Hydraulic Shovel on their Calera, Alabama mine site, they’ve seen significant improvements in production and fuel efficiency. And operators appreciate the machine’s power, performance and comfort.

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994K Takes on the Ice Road

Caterpillar’s team members worked around the clock to produce and deliver the first 994K Wheel Loader order to the Ekati Diamond Mine – 200 kilometers (124 miles) south of the Arctic Circle – in subzero temperatures using an ice road.

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A Commitment to the Mining Industry

As the demand for commodities grows, mining companies need a partner to support them in their efforts. Caterpillar is committed to being that partner.

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A Grueling Subterranean Test of Brain, Brawn and Machine

A Cat Compact Track Loader is the unlikely solution at an Grueling Subterranean Arizona mine where they created a 7,000-foot shaft, the deepest single-lift shaft in the United States.

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A Trophy Restoration

Berner Construction helped transform old mines in Pennsylvania into grazing land for the state’s wild elk. The clean-up was complicated, the job site remote. Berner’s Cat^® D11 dozers were up to the challenge.

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Alpha Coal and Caterpillar Team Up To Increase Cat® Rope Shovel Productivity

Alpha Coal has counted on Cat® equipment to get the job done for more than four decades. But recently, the company saw greater possibilities for their Cat equipment. The Alpha Coal team partnered with Caterpillar and their local dealer to come up with a solution that improved rope shovel pass matching from 4 to 3 passes when loading a 400-ton truck.

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Alpha Coal and Caterpillar Team Up To Increase Cat® Rope Shovel Productivity

Alpha Coal has counted on Cat® equipment to get the job done for more than four decades. But recently, the company saw greater possibilities for their Cat equipment. The Alpha Coal team partnered with Caterpillar and their local dealer to come up with a solution that improved rope shovel pass matching from 4 to 3 passes when loading a 400-ton truck.

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Arch Coal Uses Cat® Semi-Autonomous Dozers to Optimize Their Fleet

Arch Coal uses D11T mining dozers equipped with Cat^® MineStar™ Command for dozing at their Thunder Basic Coal Company – Black Thunder site near Wright, Wyoming.

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Autonomous Haulage: Making Mining Safer and More Productive Today

Autonomous haulage isn’t science fiction. In fact, it’s a productive reality today on many mine sites worldwide.

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Cat Conveyor Systems and Belt Products

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Caterpillar Helps Detour Gold’s Ontario Mine Pour First Gold Bars

Detour Gold’s mine in Northern Ontario poured their first gold bars, thanks to the help of Caterpillar teams and Cat dealer Toromont.

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Cat® 7495 Electric Rope Shovels Help Oil Sands Customers Surpass Production Goals

Mines in the Canadian Oil Sands face a lot of common challenges. Like brutally cold winters and harsh geological conditions. Abrasive silica sand and sticky bitumen that take a toll on heavy equipment. Strict regulations that impact their license to operate and require a never-ending search for solutions that mitigate the effect they have on the environment. Despite these conditions and challenges, a number of mines in the Oil Sands are setting production records. Which leads to one more thing they have in common: Cat® 7495 Electric Rope Shovels.

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Cat® 992D Reaches Milestone Few Machines Achieve

A Cat® 992D Wheel Loader in Bulgaria, recently retired to a museum, has reached a milestone few machines in its class ever achieve.

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Cat® Command for Hauling Expanding Autonomous Mining Options

Caterpillar is developing autonomous mining truck technology for an expanded range of models, including other brands.

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Cat® Dealer Delivers Parts by Boat to Remote Mine in the Amazon

Managing a large mine site is challenging enough, but U&M Mining faces the added complexity of managing remote sites that take days by boat to access. Thankfully, their Cat^® dealer is there for them and ready with parts.

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Cat® Drills Dealer Interview with Barloworld Equipment, featuring Roger Lambson

Barloworld Equipment remarks on the new Cat® Drills product line and how the drills are outperforming competitors.

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Cat® Drills Deliver Impressive Results in Australia

Mining is a primary industry and key economic contributor to Australia, which has mining activity in all states and territories. This activity is supported by thousands of pieces of mobile mining equipment, from the rotary blasthole drills that start the mining process to the trucks that haul ore to the crusher.

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Cat® Longwall Mining Systems

Caterpillar provides the underground mining industry with safe, reliable, and highly productive equipment for longwall operations.

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Cat® MD5125 Customer Testimonial by Warren Fair of Action Drill & Blast

Built tough, these drills have reliable components, sturdy frames, robust booms and feeds that contribute to outstanding availability.

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Cat® MD6420B Rotary Drill Sets New World Record in Mining

At Glencore’s Ravensworth Open Cut operation in Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia, two new Cat^® MD6420B Rotary Drills have been cutting their teeth on the overburden of Australian coal and the results are record-breaking.

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Cat® MD6640 Rotary Drill Customer Testimonial Teck Coal

Cat MD6640 Rotary Drill Testimonial, Tech Coal Ltd. See what drill operator Bruno Sokal has to say about his MD6640 Rotary Drill.

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Cat® MineStar™ Technology Showcased at the 2015 SME Annual Conference

Cat^® MineStar^™ technology was the star of Caterpillar’s booth at the 2015 SME Annual Conference & Expo.

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Cat® Solar Microgrid: Environmental Stewardship at African Mine

B2Gold Corp. selected Caterpillar to supply 7 MW of solar power at the Otjikoto Mine in the Republic of Namibia. Caterpillar’s solar photovoltaic offering is a key component of the Cat Microgrid technology suite, an innovative lineup of power systems that adds environmentally friendly solar panels, state-of-the art energy storage, and advanced monitoring and control systems to Caterpillar’s traditional line of reliable power generation equipment.

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Cat® Track Drills Customer Interview Drill & Blast Contractor, JEMCO, featuring Jim McKeever

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Cat®: The World's Broadest Range of Underground Mining Equipment

As miners go deeper underground to provide the materials on which the world depends, they need safe, reliable equipment designed to handle demanding conditions.

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Charah, Cat Machines Help Energy Companies Meet Today’s Standards

A coal combustion byproducts management company and Cat machines and Charah are working together to move tons of ash from power plant ash ponds to newly engineered structures for more secure storage.

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Define Your Mine

Miners are always looking for ways to enhance mine site safety, reduce costs, improve profitability and boost efficiency. Cat® MineStar™ System helps you do that.

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Delivering On Customer Needs in the Titania Mine

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Finding Solutions Deep Underground

Cat dealer Milton Cat developed a solution to make the mine's LHDs more productive and reliable

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Finding a Way: Working Together to Get the Right Equipment Underground

The U.S. Gypsum mine in Sperry, Iowa, is more than 620 feet underground and accessible only via shaft, which makes getting mining equipment in the mine a difficult challenge. When it was time for a new Cat^® R1600H loader, U.S. Gypsum turned to local Cat dealer Altorfer, a long-time partner of its surface operation.

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German Mine Finds Success in Low Seams with Customized Cat® Plow Systems

Two Cat^® plow systems modified for specific operations are helping a German mining company successfully overcome the challenge of mining in low and thin coal seams.

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Innovative Conveyor Line Pan Design

With its patented trough concept and durable pan design, the Cat AFC face conveyor is particularly suited for applications in longwalls with extended face length like at the Yalevskogo mine and for panels with coal reserves of 10 million tonnes or more.

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Making Mining Automation a Reality

Mining automation has long been a dream for those in the industry. Caterpillar is making it happen in a big way - and continuing its journey to developing a fully autonomous mine site. Take a peek inside at the people, technology and innovation that are making this dream a reality

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Martin Stone Builds Family Business with Cat® Products

Third generation Martin Stone Quarries, Inc. produces 1.5 million tons of granite per year out of their quarry in Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania. Their equipment fleet includes the new Cat® 990K Wheel Loader, a purchase based on not only the expected production and reliability of the machine, but also operator feedback.

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McEwen Mining Powers Up Gold Bar Mine with Caterpillar

McEwen Mining Inc. recently declared commercial production at their newest mine site in Nevada, USA, the Gold Bar mine, powered by Caterpillar. The customized solution consists of two Cat® G3516 1,450 ekW and one G3512 1,000 ekW natural gas generator sets. Caterpillar is the leading electric power generation provider.

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Miners Get an Inside Look at Technology

Nearly 75 miners representing almost 25 global companies were recently given an inside look at Cat® technologies for mining during a two-day Mining Technology Demonstration & Program at the manufacturer’s Tinaja Hills Demonstration & Learning Center near Tucson, Arizona.

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More than Iron

The power of Caterpillar is more than iron. It’s also the end-to-end services and solutions that we provide to our mining customers around the world.

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NASCAR Driver Remotely Operates D11T From 150 Miles Away

Ryan Newman moved dirt in Tucson, Arizona — 150 miles away — by remotely operating one of our largest dozers.

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Peabody Orders Complete Cat® Underground Longwall System with Advanced Automation

Peabody recently ordered a complete Cat® longwall underground mining system for its North Goonyella Mine located in central Queensland, Australia. The Cat longwall system includes roof supports and a face conveyor for a 300-meter face, shearer and beam stage loader. The system features advanced longwall automation technology to enhance safety and production.

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Principles of Longwall Mining

This video provides a basic description of the longwall mining method for extracting coal underground.

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Remote Operations Drive Consistency, Efficiency & Productivity for Miners

More and more, you’ll find mine supervisors managing multiple operations from one, remote location—using technology to drive big improvements in consistency, efficiency and productivity.

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Roof Supports & Full Face Automation

For the longwall system at the Yalevskogo mine, SUEK combined Cat roof supports from other longwall faces. In total three different types of Cat roof supports were combined – with varying closed and extended heights. And since the longwall system at Yalevskogo mine is fully automated, all three types of roof supports were upgraded with a Cat PMC-R roof support control unit.

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Russian Mine Sets Production Record with Cat® Longwall System

With the help of a specially tailored Cat® Longwall System, the Russian Yalevskogo mine operated by the Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK) recently surpassed the national monthly coal production record.

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Safety First

Seeing Machines and Caterpillar partner to launch Safety First fatigue monitoring partnership.

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Short Mountain Silica Customer Testimonial Cat® MD5075 Track Drill

Caterpillar is officially in the track drill business, and to celebrate, a team from Global Construction & Infrastructure (GCI), Cat Global Mining (CGM) and dealer Stowers Cat visited the first customer.

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Technology Facilitates "Manufacturing Discipline" In Mining

The days of rapid expansion in mining are over for the current market cycle, according to a recent article in Financial Times magazine.

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The Right Drive Concept: The Cat® CST 65

The Cat® CST65 is a key to success at the Yalevskogo mine. The Cat drive is a planetary gearbox with an integrated infinitely variable multi-disc CST clutch. With no-load motor startup, AFC soft start and synchronized heavy-load startup, it allows accurate load sharing between up to three drive motors with excellent, extremely fast overload protection.

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Transporting a 100-Tonne Machine 750 Meters Below the Surface

Thrilled with the performance of its Cat^® 992G wheel loader, K + S Rohsalz decided to purchase a 992K. But getting the new machine down the German salt mine’s Surface of narrow material shaft was no easy task.

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