# FAM Group to build bucket wheel excavator for Codelco's Radomiro Tomic mine

FAM Group received an order from Codelco to build a new bucket wheel excavator type SR800P9 for the Radomiro Tomic opencast copper mine in Chile's Atacama Desert. The machine will have an output of 14,500 tons per hour.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-08-20
- Where: Atacama Desert, north of Chile, Chile
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 14,500 tons per hour
- Products: bucket wheel excavator
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [FAM AB](https://endata.com/companies/2491.md) (supplier)
- [Codelco](https://endata.com/companies/8745.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [mining-technology.com](https://www.mining-technology.com/contractors/data/uranium-one-begins-exploration-yuty-project/pressreleases/compact-bucket-wheel-excavator/), 2018-08-20: "Chilean state copper mining company Codelco made a strategic move when they placed an order with the FAM Group to build a new bucket wheel excavator type SR800P9 for the Radomiro Tomic opencast mine."

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