WorldWide Drilling Resource

9 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® JANUARY 2019 Hot Off the Press page is proudly sponsored by Aries Industries, Inc. Clearing a Mine Takes Time With a population of less than 9000, the village of Batuah is one of the small- est in the East Kalimantan province of Indonesia. It is best known for livestock production - mostly chickens. However, coal mining has been on the rise in the area. Local mine owner PT Tambang Berkat Karunia (TBK) is working on a coal mining project using ten Terex TA400 articulated haulers to remove huge volumes of overburden. The Terex TA400 is perfectly suited to perform in large-scale construction projects, quarries, and mine sites. Its six-cylinder engine is fuel efficient for low operation cost. All three axles are in permanent all-wheel drive for maxi- mum traction for minimal driveline im- pact and wheel spin. Service is quick and easy with ground-level test points and a fully tilting cab, as well as an elec- tronically raised hood. “With the ground being so soft at the Batuah mine, we needed trucks that could perform in challenging conditions - and TBK’s TA400 haulers enable us to do just that,” explained Bhisma Dian Resnadi, operation manager for PT Berkarya Abadi Selalu, a subsidiary of TBK which is heading the project. With the fleet of haulers working up to 18 hours a day, it is expected to take about five years to clear the mine. For a link to this website, visit: worldwidedrillingresource.com