In 2025, crews lifted a 3,100-tonne mining machine 2.5 metres off the ground and placed it on 140 SPMT axles; it traveled 27 km in 10 days

A dragline was never meant to be moved the way it was in August 2025. The machine was a 3,100-tonne Marion 8050 dragline operating at BHP Mitsubishi Alliance's (BMA) Peak Downs coal mine in central Queensland, according to Mammoet's own case study and trade coverage from Project Cargo Journal and World Coal.

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