FLEETS

Liebherr's Australian eight

IT ONLY launched its R9600 hydraulic excavator in March but Liebherr is already talking about having eight of the 600t class machines operating in Australia by mid-2021

A Liebherr R9600 excavator at BHP's South Flank iron ore operation.

A Liebherr R9600 excavator at BHP's South Flank iron ore operation.

There are already two R9600s operating in Australia. One is at BHP's South Flank iron ore mine in Western Australia's Pilbara and the other is at Coronado Global Resources' Thiess-operated Curragh North...

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