Mining Gear Pics

[Lashlander]

Excellant pictures!:thumbsup Is that a diamond mine?

 

[traxs]

Excellant pictures!:thumbsup Is that a diamond mine?

Thanks, and yes, it's a diamond mine. One of the biggest in canada. Open pit until they can't go any deeper, than it's underground mining.

 

[PSDF350]

The pit itself is off the island, so they'll blow the dike and let it fill in. It will create natural habitat for fish. As for the material that the took out, they'll leave it there, they say that it's natural for caribou to migrate over hills. They have work up there for the next 15-20 years.

Was thinking the fishing must be good around there. Gonna be nicer when you guys are done.

 

[traxs]

Was thinking the fishing must be good around there. Gonna be nicer when you guys are done.

Lots of fish, big ones too. I heard that it wasn't that good tho. I heard that they live mostly at the bottom; I dunno if that's why...:beatsme

 

[murray83]

Those pictures are something else,you still at that mine?

 

[equipment fan]

Nice pictures traxs,does the Ecati mine?

 

[traxs]

Those pictures are something else,you still at that mine?

Nope, not there anymore.

 

[traxs]

Nice pictures traxs,does the Ecati mine?

C'est la mine de Diavik. Pas trop loin de Ecati.

 

[alco]

Here are a few pics of the airlift. Most f the shovel was brought in on board large cargo planes, so not much actually flew under the helicopter.

Brian

 

[traxs]

So alco, those pics were taken in YK?? when they were loading?

 

[alco]

Here are a couple more, bear in mind not all of the items they flew in by helicopter were for the shovel. Since they had it there, they flew in some other machines as well. The same goes for the heavylift planes, they flew in other machines as well.

Brian

 

[traxs]

nice pics:scool

 

[alco]

So alco, those pics were taken in YK?? when they were loading?

That's one I couldn't answer for you. These were supplied to me by a friend at Terex Mining. I would assume they were taken when loading though. I wasn't sure if they flew the plane loads out of Edmonton or not. I do know the helicopter loads flew out of Yellowknife.

Brian

 

[traxs]

That's one I couldn't answer for you. These were supplied to me by a friend at Terex Mining. I would assume they were taken when loading though. I wasn't sure if they flew the plane loads out of Edmonton or not. I do know the helicopter loads flew out of Yellowknife.

Brian

Yeah, they flew out of YK, cuz theres no ashphalt or trees at Diavik. The planes flew out of YK too, must be cheaper to truck it there than to fly from Edmonton.

 

[alco]

I was wondering about that, I would have figured it may have been cheaper to fly direct from Edmonton, but I guess not.

Brian

 

[traxs]

I was wondering about that, I would have figured it may have been cheaper to fly direct from Edmonton, but I guess not.

Brian

yeah, everything came from YK. The airport up there isnt that busy. The chopper came from russia to YK. They work with G&G expediting. When I left they flew my stuff(tools, etc) to YK and than trucked it to Quebec.

 

[Chris5500]

Just thought I'd post some pics of some big mining gear from sites I've been at (sorry it took a bit thorleif!) , the two shovels are a Demag H655S (Being serviced), and a Liebherr 996 (Getting bucket Teeth) , and the Trucks are a 930E Komatsu Electric, and a couple of 797B's (B for bloody big), one with a 793B!

Cheers :drinkup

Small world, I use to work on that very same 655!

 

[Chris5500]

And here's some pics from down under. The dragline is a P&H 9020, 1 of 3 in the Hunter Valley mining region in NSW. Several more can be found in QLD.

 

[Chris5500]

And a Hitachi EX5500-6, same mine as the Dragline above. They have also recently purchased an EX8000-6 to go along with their existing fleet of a Komatsu PC4000-6, Hitachi EX3500-5, P&H 4100XPB and a WA1200-3 (Which they have tendered for a second WA1200-3)

 

[alco]

Nice shots, thanks for posting them. Feel free to post a whole bunch more!