| As big as houses and capable of carrying more than 200 tonnes of ore, giant haul trucks are the workhorses of vast mines from Mongolia to Chile. Chief executives have found a new use for the yellow monsters made by Caterpillar and Komatsu: as proof of the narrow focus and limited horizons of today’s global mining industry.
The captains of a sector that was ablaze with dealmaking at the height of the commodities boom, from 2006 to 2012, have firmly turned away from grandiose ambitions. In today’s depressed commodities environment, with persistent doubts over the direction of prices, mining companies’ leaders are determined to show they can sweat the small stuff — or in the case of haul trucks, the large stuff...............................................Full Article: Source
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