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An old but seldom-used tertiary crusher crane at Cliffs Natural Resources' Koolyanobbing iron ore mine in Western Australia looked like it was in for a costly overhaul until an alternative avenue was opened up.

Andrew Snelling
The tertiary crusher crane at the Koolyanobbing iron ore mine.

The tertiary crusher crane at the Koolyanobbing iron ore mine.

BGC Contracting was looking at a $70,000 bill to overhaul the 15 tonne bit of kit when it called its existing crane service company in to evaluate its 10 yearly inspection milestone. The work was to...

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