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A Caterpillar longwall face
FLEETS

Coal looks to a brighter future

MM talks to four key OEMs about the current state of the underground coal equipment market

03 February 2017

Cat longwall roof supports and face conveyor on display at a mining show
FLEETS

Caterpillar supports for CNX Coal Resources

CNX Coal Resources has placed an order for 285 Cat longwall roof supports

11 November 2016

The Caterpillar booth at MINExpo 2016
INDUSTRY COMMENT

Letting the Cat out of the bag

Caterpillar had a pre-show briefing in advance of MINExpo 2016

17 October 2016

Caterpillar will be able to configure the high torque drive system for retrofitting to existing longwall face conveyors
FLEETS

New Cat longwall AFC high torque drive system

The new Cat HTD4100 high torque drive system is for longwall armoured face conveyors

03 October 2016

Swanson Industries is headquartered in West Virginia, US, and operates facilities in Australia
FLEETS

Swanson acquires Waratah

Hydraulics specialist Swanson Industries has acquired Waratah Engineering (formally Kopex Australia)

21 September 2016

A Cat longwall roof support
FLEETS

Cat roof supports to extend Narrabri North longwall

50 Cat longwall roof supports will extend the longwall at Narrabri North from 300m to 400m

18 August 2016

The Cat Rock Straight system
FLEETS

Caterpillar launches Rock Straight system

Caterpillar has commercially launched its Cat Rock Straight system

10 August 2016

The Cat longwall system will be supported by WesTrac, the Caterpillar dealer in the region
FLEETS

Caterpillar supplies longwall system to Australian mine

Moolarben Coal Operations has chosen Caterpillar to supply a complete longwall mining system to its Australian

08 June 2016

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Magazine Intelligence team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Magazine Intelligence team.

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