# Hastings Deering completes 777D to E truck conversion for Rio Tinto

Hastings Deering completed the conversion of 777D haul trucks into 777E models for Rio Tinto's Gove bauxite operations in the Northern Territory, Australia, the first such conversion in the Australian market.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-09-13
- Where: Gove, Northern Territory, Australia
- Status: completed
- Products: 777D to E haul truck conversion
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Hastings Deering](https://endata.com/companies/25360.md)
- [Caterpillar](https://endata.com/companies/1968.md) (supplier)
- [Rio Tinto](https://endata.com/companies/4215.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [im-mining.com](https://im-mining.com/2021/09/13/hastings-deering-cat-rio-tinto-carry-australias-first-777-d-e-conversion/), 2021-09-13: "We’re excited that Gove operations was the first Australian mine to undertake this project, and only the second in the world."

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