# Liebherr commissions first electric excavator R 9400 E at Fortescue's Cloudbreak mine

Liebherr-Australia commissioned an R 9400 E 400-tonne electric excavator at Fortescue's Cloudbreak iron ore mine in Western Australia in December 2023. It is the first newly built operational electric excavator in Australia, with two more units to be delivered over the next 12 months.

- Type: Product launch
- Announced: 2023-12-01
- Where: Cloudbreak mine, Western Australia, Australia
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 400-tonne class
- Products: R 9400 E electric excavator, cable reeler
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Liebherr](https://endata.com/companies/10693.md)
- [BHP](https://endata.com/companies/8229.md) (customer)
- [Liebherr](https://endata.com/companies/10693.md) (supplier)
- [Fortescue](https://endata.com/companies/67647.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [liebherr.com](https://www.liebherr.com/en-us/n/fortescue-deploys-australia%E2%80%99s-first-operational-electric-excavator-with-the-liebherr-r-9400-e-27745-3782185), 2023-12-14: "The commissioning of this fully electric excavator is a massive achievement by the team and is the first of its kind in Australia for the mining industry."
- [whyps.com](https://whyps.com/fortescue-introduces-the-inaugural-operational-electric-excavator), 2024-01-09: "In December 2023, Liebherr-Australia commissioned a 400-tonne R 9400 E electric excavator for Fortescue at the Cloudbreak iron ore mining operation in Western Australia."
- [constructionequipmentmag.com](https://www.constructionequipmentmag.com/news/84697-liebherr-delivers-bhp%E2%80%99s-first-electric-excavator), 2024-08-24: "At the beginning of 2024, Liebherr-Australia commissioned an R 9400 E 400-tonne class electric excavator for BHP at its Western Australia Iron Ore Yandi mine."

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