Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine January 2015 | Page 171

MINING
reducing costs for the end-user .
“ Our key customers that Liebherr-Australia predominately work with are tier-one mining houses which largely deal in iron ore and coal said David Pichanick , the general manager of sales and marketing at Liebherr-Australia . “ The company has been very successful with the likes of BHP , Glencore , Fortescue Metals Group , Leighton Group , and Downer to name a few . We ’ ve put such a big installed population of machinery out in those two commodities of late , and that machinery is working even harder now , despite the price of both coal and iron ore dropping . Both our parts and support business will continue to grow ”
New Facilities Liebherr-Australia recently invested over $ 170 million to complete new support facilities in Sydney and Newman Western Australia . Existing properties in Mackay , Mt . Thorley , and Perth were expanded to accommodate the company ’ s goal of continuing to meet our customer needs . The crowning jewel of the
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