# MacLean Engineering launches surface mining division with GR8 EV grader

MacLean Engineering launched a surface mining division and introduced its first product, the battery electric-powered GR8 surface grader. The company also announced its first customer, Fortescue, for iron ore operations in Western Australia.

- Type: Product launch
- Announced: 2025-03-12
- Where: Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
- Status: announced
- Products: battery electric surface grader GR8
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [MacLean Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/34600.md)
- [Fortescue](https://endata.com/companies/67647.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [barrietoday.com](https://www.barrietoday.com/local-news/maclean-engineering-digs-in-with-new-surface-mining-division-10362210), 2025-03-12: "As a company, we turned 50 in 2023 and in 2025 we are also celebrating our 10-year anniversary of our EV Series. Now we are making another decisive move towards providing EV for the surface mining sector around the globe."

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