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Komatsu goes underground

KOMATSU Australia has launched four underground loaders and the infrastructure to support them, its first concerted push into the underground hard rock mining space.

 The Komatsu WX07 underground loader.

The Komatsu WX07 underground loader.

Two of the loaders are hybrid drive machines. They come with independent electric motors in each wheel. The other two are conventionally powered. The hybrid drive Komatsu WX22H and WX18H load haul dump...

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