Komatsu hits Canada with biggest digger yet

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Australian customers will have to wait for ‘world’s largest’ hydraulic excavator

The PC9000 digging in at Fort Hills mine in Canada.

The PC9000 digging in at Fort Hills mine in Canada. | Credits: Komatsu

A machine claimed to be the world’s largest hydraulic mining excavator has been handed over to oil sands miner Suncor at its Fort Hills mine in Canada. Australian companies will likely have to wait until…

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