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LOAD & HAUL


Highlights from the past few months of the load & haul sector showcase the progress being made in machines, monitoring and more. By Louise Smyth


Höhepunkte der vergangenen Monate aus der Verlade- und Förderbranche zeigen die erreichten Fortschritte bei Maschinen, Überwachung usw. Von Louise Smyth


Los aspectos más destacados de los últimos meses del sector de carga y acarreo muestran los progresos realizados en máquinas, control y mucho más. Por Louise Smyth


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hen it comes to load, haul dump (LHD) machines, the primary trend – as


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we see throughout the entire mining industry – is in enabling cost-eff ective operations. In its latest eff ort to respond to this trend, Sandvik has launched an electric LHD for narrow- vein mining. T e Sandvik LH204E is a 4.5-ton electric loader designed for narrow- vein underground mining applications.


T is electric version follows a recently introduced diesel-powered LH204. It has been designed to be a cost-eff ective solution that off ers high productivity and low cost per moved ton. T e company describes the LH204E as “a highly manoeuvrable machine that operates in confi ned narrow vein mining applications, and can handle higher payloads than similar sized units in the market. T e 4.5-metric-ton capacity electric LHD off ers a highly productive solution with zero underground emissions.”


The Sandvik LH204E is part of a new breed of electric LHD machines


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