BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine expansion should stimulate the mine vehicle industry.
The miner says it will take five years of mining before it can even start mining the ore body under its proposed expansion of the Olympic Dam mine.
BHP Billiton says that about 410 million tonnes of material would be moved every year, and stored in a rock storage facility eventually 150m high, covering 6720ha.
The equipment purchase for the mine is destined to be one of the largest the world has ever seen, with 160 haul trucks and 150 ancillary heavy vehicles required.
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