ltd – summer 2011/12 - CablePrice

TRACK & WHEELWhen OceanaGold, New Zealand’slargest gold producer, look for earthmoving equipment, it needs unbeatableperformance from proven suppliers.Hitachi and CablePrice are suchsuppliers. Having been a large excavatorsupplier to OceanaGold for a number of years, Hitachi hasproven it knows how to build safe, solid and reliable miningexcavators, and CablePrice knows just how best to support themining company with its specialised mining support group.So, when OceanaGold made the decision to purchase anotherexcavator for their Macraes Flat operation, it was no surprisethat it once again looked to Hitachi. This time, it chose theHitachi EX2500-6 to add to its fleet, which already includes two359-tonne Hitachi EX3600 excavators, one a 2005 vintage withmore than 35,000 hours on the clock and the other a 2010vintage with 7000 hours.While the new EX2500-6 may be bit smaller than its twobrothers, weighing in at just 250 tonnes, it is by no means asmall machine. As a backhoe configuration excavator, it is bothpowerful and efficient. With a 50-litre, 1400hp Cummins QSKseries, 16-cylinder, turbocharged and after-cooled diesel engine,it has more than eight times the power of the average family car.CablePrice 27