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Before and After, MacLean-style
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Before and After, MacLean-style

BEFORE AFTER Underground mining equipment endures a tough life, operating in rigorous and challenging environments throughout its lifecycle. The wear...
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The MacLean BEV evolution continues
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The MacLean BEV evolution continues

It’s hard to believe but we’re now close to a decade into our full-fleet electrification program, initiated in 2015 and...
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Premium quality, premium value, premium availability
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Premium quality, premium value, premium availability

This year, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of our first MacLean ‘Mine-Mate’ underground utility vehicles being shipped and commissioned. Buying...
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MacLean Shotcrete System ROI
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MacLean Shotcrete System ROI

Our SS5 Shotcrete Sprayer was introduced in 2021 and part of the new design included on-vehicle technologies that helped improve...
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Common ground – We design it in
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Common ground – We design it in

October 6th, 2023 Efficiencies in maintenance and parts replacement is what makes parts commonality across a fleet so compelling for...
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Taking the ‘MacLean Way’ to the new economy
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Taking the ‘MacLean Way’ to the new economy

August 8th 2023 ‘Decarbonization’ is making a good case right now for being the word of the decade, maybe even...
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Reminiscing the past… the first 50 years sets up the next 50
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Reminiscing the past… the first 50 years sets up the next 50

A decade ago, one of our former colleagues, since retired but always in our hearts (thank you, Roger), had the...
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Bolting the Face – The Newest Capability of the MacLean Bolter
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Bolting the Face – The Newest Capability of the MacLean Bolter

​As mines go deeper in pursuit of increasingly scarce ore, higher ground stress is unavoidable. To combat the safety risks...
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VR training – try it on
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VR training – try it on

I've just returned from two mining conventions in Latin America, the Perumin show in Arequipa in September and the Expo...
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The MacLean digital twin takes shape
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The MacLean digital twin takes shape

When you participate in enough mining conferences, certain themes get lots of airtime but there's usually a major lag between...
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On the subject of required reading (and nothing to do with your book club)
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On the subject of required reading (and nothing to do with your book club)

When we launched our cloud-based MacLean-Documoto platform last year, we knew our customers would be excited about the change because it offered...
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Tomorrow, our reward for being safe today
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Tomorrow, our reward for being safe today

MacLean Engineering is well known for providing innovative solutions to its underground mining customers across the globe. Designing and building...
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EV material haulage – zero emissions mining and harnessing the potential of potential energy
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EV material haulage – zero emissions mining and harnessing the potential of potential energy

Since launching our Fleet Electrification Program in 2015, MacLean has conducted ramp trials with a battery electric, on-board charging material...
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Let’s talk about commonality
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Let’s talk about commonality

MacLean now has fleets of ground support and utility vehicles at underground hard rock mines around the globe. Until recently,...
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The immediate usefulness of EV
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The immediate usefulness of EV

How the underground mining industry can get to transformational change, incrementally Underground mining is at an interesting place right now,...
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EV Momentum Inevitability
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EV Momentum Inevitability

CIM Vancouver is a wrap and once again the national mining convention brought together a wide cross-section of the Canadian...
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The All-Electric Mine of the Future, and the Need for Good Roadbeds NOW
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The All-Electric Mine of the Future, and the Need for Good Roadbeds NOW

MacLean doesn’t do graders. We didn’t do graders, that is, until we launched our EV Series of long battery life,...
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UX meets BEV
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UX meets BEV

The recent GMSG summit in Stockholm was another confirmation that the whispers of the digital mining revolution are gathering steam...
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The Robots are Coming
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The Robots are Coming

The space and time between semi-mechanization and full automation As a manufacturer that established its name in large part around...
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What’s in a number? The economics of battery power in underground mining
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What’s in a number? The economics of battery power in underground mining

One of Oscar Wilde’s many famous lines is that a cynic knows the price of everything but the value of...
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PDAC 2017 And Maclean Mining Innovation: Full-Fleet Electrification & A New Utility Vehicle for High-Reach, Heavy-Load Applications
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PDAC 2017 And Maclean Mining Innovation: Full-Fleet Electrification & A New Utility Vehicle for High-Reach, Heavy-Load Applications

Collingwood, Ontario, March 3, 2017 – On the heels of showcasing a battery powered 975 Omnia Scaler-Bolter at MINE Expo...
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