Taseko Mines in British Columbia has enhanced its fleet at the Gibraltar mine with the addition of four Liebherr PR 776 dozers.
One of the dozers delivered by Liebherr-Canada in the spring is the latest generation of Liebherr’s flagship 70-tonne dozer, the PR 776 G8.
This will be the first of Liebherr’s Generation 8 machines to arrive in Canada.
“The PR 776 is the biggest hydrostatically driven dozer in the world,” said Jan Schroeder, General Sales Manager for Liebherr-Canada.
“Its powerful Liebherr engine, coupled with its hydrostatic drive, gives our customers by far the best fuel efficiency in the 70-tonne class. This leads to lower operational costs as well as a significant reduction in the amount of greenhouse gases emitted on site.”
The Gibraltar mine is the second-largest copper mine in Canada and moves more than 308,000 tonnes of rock per day. With so much material to move, fuel consumption is top of mind for Taseko, one of Canada’s leading copper producers. The PR 776’s fuel efficiency was the perfect fit.
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The PR 776 G8 couples efficiency with brand-new electronic architecture that makes the dozer compatible with Liebherr Mining’s Operator Assistance Systems. These assistance systems offer operators unparalleled precision when working with the dozer’s blade and ripper.
“This new partnership with Taseko is an exciting one for us as we now have the chance to showcase the power of Liebherr mining dozers and the incredible work of our customer support personnel at one of the biggest mines in the country,” said Tom Juric, Divisional Director of Mining at Liebherr-Canada.
While the PR 776’s efficiency played a role in Taseko’s selection for dozers at its Gibraltar mine, it was not the only determining factor.
It was also important to partner with an OEM that could work alongside Taseko and find a solution that would suit its business needs and the needs of Gibraltar mine.
In the end, Liebherr-Canada developed a customized solution and demonstrated incredible responsiveness to the customer’s concerns and gave them confidence in Liebherr Canada’s customer support capabilities.
“The decision Taseko made to trust Liebherr-Canada and the PR 776 was about a full solution – not just the machine, not just fuel efficiency and not just customer service,” Schroeder said.
“The decision encompassed all of these but was most importantly about who Liebherr is as a company, and the type of business relationship and values that the whole organization demonstrated to Taseko during the process.”
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