Market Analysis: Hard-Rock Underground-Mining Mobile Equipment

摘要

Around 1,000 million ton of ore was extracted from underground hard-rock mines last year. While conventional, non-mechanised, methods are still employed to a large extent; mobile mining equipment is the mainstay for the majority of the largest underground operations. A report by Sweden's Raw Materials Group and The Parker Bay Company of the US ('Market Analysis: Underground-Mining Mobile Equipment') examines this sector of the equipment market. The report concludes that Atlas Copco and Sandvik are the clear market leaders, each with over a one-third share of the sector. Caterpillar has a significant share of the load-haul-dump (LHD) and truck markets, making it the most viable competitor to the two leaders, with the other equipment suppliers being mostly regional and niche players.