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INFOGRAPHIC: The world’s largest diggers

MINING.COM Editor | August 21, 2014 | 7:27 am Precious Metals Europe Gold 

SOURCE: MW Hire Group

The world's largest diggers

Source: MW Hire Group

7 Comments

  • Eddie Beer

    Anyone know what the fuel consumption is per hour by these marvels? What happens when we run out of fuel to run these behemoths? ( yes this is a rhetorical question)

  • Avijit Bandyopadhyay

    You have missed P&H model 4100XPC Electric Rope Shovel

    • The Real John Smith

      Good call. That’s what Rio Tinto Kennecott used to clean up the slide here at Bingham Copper Mine. Their “99” is bigger than my house.

  • The Real John Smith

    “The world’s largest…in the world…” That one made me laugh. Thanks for the infographic, but seriously the editing is horrid.

  • Martin

    Bucyrus was bought by Cat some time ago. Now it´s called Cat 6090. Originally it was the O&K RH400. The former Bucyrus 495HF now Cat 7495HF Rope shovel weights about 1400 tonnes and lifts 100 tonnes, model similar to The P&H4100XPC.

  • Randolph Crane

    You missed “The Shelia XXLSize16”. (My ex-wife, the world’s largest gold digger.)

  • rayban

    797 Cat 51 feet and 9 feet ? Really 51 feet and more like 59 feet or did I miss understand ?

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