# Tarmac acquires Caterpillar 6030 excavator for Mountsorrel quarry

Tarmac acquired a new Caterpillar 6030 hydraulic mining shovel for its Mountsorrel quarry in Leicestershire, UK. The 300-tonne excavator is now fully operational and is the second such machine at the site.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-04-13
- Where: Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Status: completed
- Capacity: over 3 million tonnes per year
- Products: hydraulic mining shovel
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Tarmac](https://endata.com/companies/16748.md)
- [Caterpillar](https://endata.com/companies/1968.md) (supplier)
- [Finning](https://endata.com/companies/23581.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [earthmoversmagazine.co.uk](https://www.earthmoversmagazine.co.uk/digger-man/view,tarmacs-new-big-cat-completes-its-lineup-of-uks-largest-excavators-at-mountsorrel-quarry_1438.htm), 2017-04-13: "The 6030 excavator is our second here at Mountsorrel and the two are the largest of their kind in operation at a UK quarry."
- [theconstructionindex.co.uk](https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/giant-cat-shovel-starts-work-at-mountsorrel), 2017-04-13: "The machine is the largest of its kind in operation at a UK quarry."

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