# Caterpillar to supply $100M in equipment to ioneer's Rhyolite Ridge project

Caterpillar has been named exclusive heavy equipment partner for ioneer's Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada. The equipment and services supplied during the first five years of operation are valued at approximately US$100 million.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-10-28
- Where: Rhyolite Ridge, Nevada, United States, United States
- Value: $100.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: haul trucks, hydraulic shovels, wheel loaders, mine site support machinery
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Caterpillar](https://endata.com/companies/1968.md) (supplier)
- [ioneer](https://endata.com/companies/8294.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [miningnews.net](https://www.miningnews.net/mets/news/1398028/caterpillar-signed-rhyolite-ridge), 2020-10-28: "Caterpillar will be the exclusive heavy equipment partner for the proposed lithium-boron mine, supplying haul trucks, hydraulic shovels, wheel loaders, and other mine site support machinery."
- [im-mining.com](https://im-mining.com/2020/10/28/cat-autonomous-785-fleet-works-ioneers-rhyolite-ridge-lithium-boron-project-nevada/), 2020-10-28: "ioneer Ltd, an emerging lithium-boron supplier, has announced a partnership with Caterpillar as its exclusive heavy equipment partner for its Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada."
- [australianmining.com.au](https://www.australianmining.com.au/caterpillar-to-supply-ioneer-with-us100m-of-equipment-services/), 2020-10-28: "Caterpillar is set to become the heavy equipment partner for ASX-listed lithium producer Ioneer at the Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada."

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