Rolls-Royce has concluded a 13-year service contract with Barrick Gold Corp
The agreement covers regular maintenance of the 30 MTU Series 4000 engines in operation in Hitachi dump trucks at the Lumwana copper mine in Zambia.
The 16-cylinder Series 4000 engines will be serviced after every 500 hours of operation and more than 10 MTU service technicians will be stationed on-site to carry out the works.
In 2016, Lumwana produced 271Mlbs of copper, and Barrick expects production to reach between 250 and 275Mlbs in 2017.
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