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CANADIAN TECHNOLOGY battery power in underground mining, one that we’re fully engaged in for our global customer base.” The MacLean LR3 Boom Lift’s innovative solution for elevated work platform needs in high-back mines is the result of an engineered design that integrates heavy-load/high-reach capabilities and is versatile enough to perform a wide range of mine support functions while providing coverage from ground level up to a height of 8 m. The unit has a lifting capacity of up to 4 t (8,000 lb and is certified to 10,000 lb in Australia), a 6-m deck, and ±15° boom swing and ±30° deck swing ranges, along with multiple, quick- change deck configurations to suit the application. “In our almost half century of introducing mobile equipment solutions to the hard rock mining industry, we have always proceeded with a singular focus - solve a