Liebherr delivers 70-tonne PR 776 G8 dozer to B.C. mine

Team members from Liebherr-Canada travelled to Gibraltar mine in British Columbia to hand over four PR 776 dozers to Taseko Mines. One of these dozers is the latest generation of Liebherr's flagship 70-tonne dozer, the PR 776 G8, which will soon be the first of Liebherr's Generation 8 machines on Canadian soil.

Taseko will use the Generation 8 machine at its copper mine 

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 latest generation of the PR 776, the PR 776 G8, couples this efficiency with new electronic architecture that makes the dozer compatible with Liebherr Mining's Operator Assistance Systems. These Assistance Systems offer operators precision when working with the dozer's blade and ripper.

Liebherr collaborates with Canadian mines to deliver maximum power 

"The PR 776 is the biggest hydrostatically driven dozer in the world," says 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 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. 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 organisation demonstrated to Taseko during the process," explains Schroeder.

"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," adds Tom Juric, divisional director of mining at Liebherr-Canada.