How the underground mining industry can get to transformational change, incrementally Underground mining is at an interesting place right now, with the availability of diesel-free, battery electric equipment in most of the vehicle categories except heavy haulage, with that gap being actively addressed by a number of OEMs and the solution not something to be …
CIM Vancouver is a wrap and once again the national mining convention brought together a wide cross-section of the Canadian mining community under one, large roof, plus a long list of international guests that are typical at a major industry gathering in one of the world’s leading mining jurisdictions. Two years ago at the …
MacLean doesn’t do graders. We didn’t do graders, that is, until we launched our EV Series of long battery life, regenerative braking mining vehicles, and amassed over a year’s worth of underground work, some 3,000 hours across the MacLean battery electric fleet. Then it became clear that the quality of roadbeds in all-electric mines was …
The All-Electric Mine of the Future, and the Need for Good Roadbeds NOW Read More »
The recent GMSG summit in Stockholm was another confirmation that the whispers of the digital mining revolution are gathering steam and will soon become a roar. When you go to a mining conference and Google and Amazon show up, you know the world out there is coming to mining and our industry is changing and …
The space and time between semi-mechanization and full automation As a manufacturer that established its name in large part around the successful integration of one particular piece of mobile equipment into the mining cycle in Canadian, South African and South American hard rock mines (starting with Canada back in the 1980s), we have a clear-eyed …
One of Oscar Wilde’s many famous lines is that a cynic knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. I’ll use that to segue to the subject of EV (electric vehicle) mining, top of mind for many of us in the industry right now with construction starting on the greenfield Borden project, Goldcorp’s …
What’s in a number? The economics of battery power in underground mining Read More »
Collingwood, Ontario, March 3, 2017 – On the heels of showcasing a battery powered 975 Omnia Scaler-Bolter at MINE Expo 2016 in Las Vegas, MacLean Engineering will be participating in this year’s PDAC Convention in Toronto to shine the R&D spotlight on full-fleet electrification with the commercial rollout of the MacLean EV Series, as well …
The MacLean branch in Wangara, Western Australia has been actively providing sales, service, and support solutions to mining customers in the Australian & Asia Pacific Regions since 2010. As a premier source for mining equipment in Australia, the MacLean facility is equipped with a parts warehouse, a service workshop with several workstations set up for component repairs, and a designated section for boom repairs. It also houses exclusive bays for full rebuilds and equipment modifications where equipment audits, teardowns, and testing are performed. The facility also has capabilities to upgrade or modify new equipment before delivering it to mine sites. A recent addition to the MacLean support infrastructure in Australia is the investment in an East Coast branch in Orange, New South Wales, which allows the company to offer prompt service to its customer base in that part of the Australian mining sector.
Furthermore, we have already started supporting expansion efforts in Brisbane and will soon have resources aligned there in the New Year.
Mining customers around the globe place value in the MacLean mining vehicle ownership experience, due to the quality of design and build, and the extent of service and support. This MacLean brand promise of performance, reliability and innovation is why the MacLean mining vehicle footprint is expanding across Australia and throughout the Asia Pacific mining sector.
