# Liebherr delivers first R 9800 excavator with largest bucket to Yellow Iron Fleet

Liebherr-Australia delivered the first R 9800 excavator, fitted with a custom 55m³ backhoe bucket (the largest Liebherr has built), to Yellow Iron Fleet for use at Tronox's mineral sands mine in New South Wales, Australia.

- Type: Product launch
- Announced: 2023-10-13
- Where: Atlas Campaspe, central New South Wales, Australia
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 55 m³ bucket
- Products: R 9800 excavator, 55m³ backhoe bucket
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Liebherr](https://endata.com/companies/10693.md)
- [Tronox](https://endata.com/companies/23239.md) (customer)
- [Yellow Iron Fleet](https://endata.com/companies/74121.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [australianmining.com.au](https://www.australianmining.com.au/the-r-9800-gets-to-work/), 2023-12-01: "October 13 2023 saw the first of Yellow Iron Fleet’s Liebherr R 9800s roll off the build pad at Atlas Campaspe in central New South Wales, ready to go to work."

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