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Komatsu unveils firm's largest-ever hydraulic mining excavator

Features include a larger bucket, higher digging forces and other innovations

The new model will be even larger than the pictured PC8000-11 Credit: Komatsu

The new model will be even larger than the pictured PC8000-11 Credit: Komatsu

Komatsu Germany Mining Division (KGM) and SMS Equipment jointly announced the expansion of Komatsu's hydraulic mining excavator portfolio with the introduction of the PC9000. This new model is slated to...

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