# Caterpillar delivers 1,000th Cat 24 Motor Grader to Rio Tinto via WesTrac

Caterpillar handed over the 1,000th Cat 24 Motor Grader to Rio Tinto at a ceremony in Perth, Australia. The grader was manufactured at Caterpillar's Decatur, Illinois factory and will be deployed at Rio Tinto's Paraburdoo iron ore mine in Western Australia.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2023-04-30
- Where: Perth, Western Australia (ceremony); Paraburdoo, Western Australia (deployment), Australia
- Status: completed
- Products: Cat 24 Motor Grader
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Caterpillar](https://endata.com/companies/1968.md) (supplier)
- [Rio Tinto](https://endata.com/companies/4215.md) (customer)
- [WesTrac](https://endata.com/companies/21577.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [westrac.com.au](https://www.westrac.com.au/media-releases/local-focus-for-global-motor-grader-milestone), 2023-04-30: "For the team at the Decatur plant, it was certainly a momentous occasion."

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