# BIA Group commissions electric Komatsu shovel at FQML's Sentinel mine

BIA Group commissioned a Komatsu PC8000-11E electric mining shovel at First Quantum Minerals' Sentinel copper mine in Zambia, valued at $15 million, to boost copper production.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2022-10-19
- Where: Sentinel copper mine, Kalumbila, Zambia, Zambia
- Value: $15.0M
- Status: completed
- Products: electric mining shovel
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Komatsu](https://endata.com/companies/15845.md) (supplier)
- [First Quantum Minerals](https://endata.com/companies/28234.md) (customer)
- [BIA](https://endata.com/companies/54602.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [im-mining.com](https://im-mining.com/2022/10/19/bia-group-commissions-electric-komatsu-pc8000-11e-shovel-at-fqmls-sentinel-copper-mine-in-zambia/), 2022-10-19: "BIA Group has made Zambian mining equipment history with the commissioning of a PC8000-11E mining shovel from Komatsu at First Quantum Minerals Ltd's Sentinel copper mine."

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