The HG16 from GHH is a vehicle designed for overhead work in a large area. At Chuqui, it is used to maintain the huge conveyor belt. (Photo: GHH)
Codelco bought four HG16 maintenance vehicles from GHH for Chuquicamata Underground. The machines will be used in maintenance of the operation’s 7-km conveyor belt, the supplier reported.
The HG16 is a four-wheeled crossover maintenance vehicle equipped with loading platform, working platform and loading crane. The crane lifts almost one ton. The conveyor at Chuqui covers an elevation distance of 1 km from the extraction site to the surface. From there, it runs 6 km to an interim storage facility.
GHH also reported it sold several machines to sites in India, Kazhakstan and Russia. Included in the orders was one for a BEC100 emulsion charger truck, with a 17.5-ton operating weight, for a gold mine in the Amur region of Russia.
Separately, both GHH and MacLean said their new partnership is a major milestone and will expand both companies’ footprint while enabling both to better serve existing customers.
“It simply makes good sense,” MacLean President Kevin MacLean said. “The combination of the MacLean and GHH product lines is a significant turning point for both companies.”
In Q1 2020, the two suppliers partnered to provide a full suite of mobile equipment product categories across the mining cycle. The partnership contract covers mutual product sales and support. For example, in North America, MacLean will offer GHH load-and-haul product offerings, while GHH will introduce MacLean mining vehicles to customers in Russia, former Soviet states and India.
The partnership was announced at a ribbon-cutting event at MacLean’s new manufacturing plant in Querétaro, Mexico.
The new facility and the agreement will help MacLean gain market space in Mexico and Latin America, Rene Valle, general manager, Mexico operations, MacLean, said. “MacLean is sending a clear message to mining customers in Latin America,” he said. “We are standing beside you every step of the way from design to site and aftermarket parts support, now including engineered load-and-haul mining vehicles.”
GHH said the partnership gives it crucial representation in important, distant markets.
“Through this newly formed partnership with MacLean, we look forward to significantly strengthening our footprint and product offering,” GHH CEO Dr. Jan Petzold said. “Leveraging MacLean’s already well-established network and experience, together with GHH’s years of design, development and application experience, we will provide customers with the total offering solution they require, as well as complete aftermarket support from upfront sale through the life of the machines.”
