Monday, November 11, 2024

Hail Creek, QLD, AU: Glencore Coal Mine and Big Stu PH 9020 Dragline

(Satellite)

It "produces high quality hard coking coal and high ash thermal coal for export markets." [woodmac]

Senior Big Machine posted
Awesome! 
Mark Orange Sunset: Hail Creek
Dennis DeBruler: Mark Orange Sunset Thanks. That allowed me to determine that Big Stu is a PH 9020 that was built in 2004.

Satellite
Mining Mayhem posted
Leon Marteene: Big Stu, named after Stuart Wood, a popular team member who died from a medical condition during the build.
Michael Cocking: Gotta love a P&H 9020 that was brand new in 2003 had the pleasure of walking it off the pad and into the first dig.
Sharon Ward: Make that 2004 - I started working there May that year and it walked after that

Charlotte Queen commented on the above post
I had the pleasure of commissioning the FIRST AC dragline in the world ...Bucyrus 8750 in Australia.
[I wish she had provided a date for the commissioning.]

3:55 video @ 1:30

The video includes several stills of the build.
@ 0:34


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