# Engineers & Planners takes delivery of Hitachi EX2000-7 excavator in Ghana

Mining customer Engineers & Planners has taken delivery of Ghana's first Hitachi EX2000-7 excavator at the Cardinal Namdini mine in Bolgatanga, and has ordered a second unit.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2024-06-19
- Where: Cardinal Namdini mine, Bolgatanga, Ghana
- Status: completed
- Products: EX2000-7 ultra-large excavator
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Hitachi Construction Machinery](https://endata.com/companies/15738.md) (supplier)
- [Engineers and Planners](https://endata.com/companies/48914.md) (customer)
- [SMT Ghana](https://endata.com/companies/78115.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [earthmoversmagazine.co.uk](https://www.earthmoversmagazine.co.uk/news/view,first-hitachi-ex20007-excavator-in-ghana_6727.htm), 2024-06-19: "The digging power has been good, the excavator loads dump trucks in less than two minutes and we have less than five loads of a bucket into the truck before it moves to dump, which has greatly improved our productivity."

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