News | 07/24/2017 Downer delivers Australia’s newest R 9800 Mining Excavator

Australia’s newest R 9800 Mining Excavator at Goonyella mine.

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Downer Mining recently purchased a Liebherr R 9800 BH excavator for its BMA Goonyella contract mining operations. The new machine added to the fleet of Liebherr excavators purchased since 2009, which includes four R 9800 BH excavators and four R 9400 excavators, used in both coal and iron ore applications.

Downer Mining has been successfully delivering contract mining and civil projects to an impressive list of global customers for over 90 years.

The company is one of Australia’s leading mining service providers, and provides to support coal and metal mining customers at all stages of the mining lifecycle, through a wide range of services including open cut and underground mining, as well as mine planning and design.