It’s often said that change is a constant in the mining business. P&H Mining Equipment is focused on building innovative products, and delivering the industry’s most technically advanced field support to help mines achieve lowest cost per ton.

Take a look at the host of new and improved products we introduced during recent years!

1996
First P&H 9020 100-yard class dragline commissioned in Australia

P&H Optima® Plus dragline buckets launched with superior handling features

1997
P&H DC digital drive and other modernization packages launched for earlier-generation shovels

1998
P&H acquires Pyramid Parts, Cleveland, to supply replacement components for non-P&H shovels, drills and draglines

P&H acquires Horsburgh & Scott, Cleveland, manufacturer of high-quality specialty gears and drives

First 4100TS oil sands shovel with super-wide crawlers

First P&H Model 250XP diesel/hydraulic new-generation drill

1999
P&H smart shovel technology increases productivity and lowers cost per ton

Enhanced P&H digital drive system on new shovels provide constant hp for faster digging performance

P&H OptiDig system coordinates digging motions to maximize dipper fill factors

P&H ABSS system for automatic boom soft setdown

2000
P&H 4100XPB Bigger, Faster, Smarter shovel introduced and quickly sets records with bigger payloads, faster cycle time

P&H Optima® Plus dipper line launched

100th unit in the P&H 4100 class of shovels commissioned

2001
First P&H 4100BOSS oil sands shovel goes to work at Syncrude oil sands mine in Canada; a second unit on order for Suncor Energy

First P&H Gradial Tub™ installed on a large non-P&H dragline renovation project at the Estevan coal mine in Saskatchewan

2002
200th P&H Model 2800 sold

2003
P&H introduced the Universal Dragline System, a fundamentally new bucket, rigging and control system that improves dragline productivity by up to 30%.