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Finning to Supply Mt. Milligan Mine Trucks

By 250 News

Thursday, March 31, 2011 04:43 PM

Prince George, B.C.-  Finning International Inc.has announced  its Canadian division has been selected as the mining equipment supplier by Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. for their Mt. Milligan project. 

As part of this agreement, Finning will supply mining trucks, support equipment, parts and specialized maintenance labour to the Mt. Milligan mine located northwest of Prince George.

The 42 machines include Caterpillar 793F mining trucks and support equipment, which will be delivered to Thompson Creek's Mt. Milligan copper-gold mine throughout 2012.

"We are extremely proud to partner with Thompson Creek as they begin developing their Mt. Milligan mine," said Dave Parker, president of Finning Canada. "Our dedication to customer satisfaction has earned us the leading equipment supplier position in the mining sector and we look forward to demonstrating that commitment to Thompson Creek."

Currently under construction, Mt. Milligan is a conventional truck and shovel open pit mine. Production is scheduled to commence in 2013 with average annual metal production of 81 million pounds of copper and 194,000 ounces of gold over a projected 22-year mine life.


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Comment Posted by: He spoke on March 31 2011 5:22 PM
go, burn diesel, employ people. go for it.
Comment Posted by: frank1 on March 31 2011 5:40 PM
Burn more diesel.-no wait. Import 10,000 Chinese and hand bomb it, like they do ‘’over their’’
Comment Posted by: PGDriver on March 31 2011 6:50 PM
or "over there"
Comment Posted by: RUEZ on March 31 2011 7:15 PM
Is it cheap drink night?
Comment Posted by: Mercenary on March 31 2011 8:03 PM
Right on. I'd love the opportunity to drive one of those things :)
Comment Posted by: Surefire on March 31 2011 9:11 PM
The 793 series trucks have a capacity to carry 250 tons. The caterpillar 797B has the capacity to carry 400 tons. One tire alone costs $3,500 Canadian. Lieberherr of Germany also builds a 400 ton capacity truck. When I was a mine mechanic management said they couldn't build a truck with a heigher capacity than our current 250 ton capacity truck. Shows how progress has proved them wrong eh!
Comment Posted by: Surefire on March 31 2011 9:35 PM
The 793 series trucks have a capacity to carry 250 tons. The caterpillar 797B has the capacity to carry 400 tons. One tire alone costs $3,500 Canadian. Lieberherr of Germany also builds a 400 ton capacity truck. When I was a mine mechanic management said they couldn't build a truck with a heigher capacity than our current 250 ton capacity truck. Shows how progress has proved them wrong eh!
Comment Posted by: Surefire on March 31 2011 9:52 PM
Sorry about the double post. Further to the post above, the reason that they couldn't build a larger truck was that they couldn't come up with a better tire design. The tires are put through a very tough shift in an average day. When I was young and stoopid I took a 250 Haulpack up onto the waste dump in the winter and up on the flat I sped up and cranked a wheely--I thought it wouldn't stop spinning. Well after that I had much more respect for the big trucks. But you're richytg on mercenary