P&H Mining Equipment Overview

The P&H® trademark has been a symbol of excellence for over 100 years, since Alonzo Pawling and Henry Harnischfeger founded the business in 1884. Today, P&H Mining Equipment is a world leader in surface mining equipment for the extraction of ores and minerals. Through P&H MinePro® Services, it offers extensive aftermarket parts and service support on a worldwide basis for P&H and other quality branded products. Approximately 40% of P&H's surface mining business comes from copper mining, 30% from coal, 15% from iron and 15% from other mineral resources.

The P&H business is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has more than 30 support centers in major mining areas throughout the world. Approximately 2,500 P&H employees support customers on a worldwide basis.

Products

P&H designs and manufactures three distinct types of surface mining equipment:

  • Electric Mining Shovels
  • Rotary Blasthole Drills
  • Draglines

Service Focus

First and foremost, P&H is a service-oriented organization. It is dedicated to "Rock Solid" support and strives to keep customers' mining machines fully operational, regardless of their location. In economic terms, P&H enables customers to mine ores and minerals at the lowest possible cost. These overarching values are part of our Life Cycle Management Strategies (LCMS) approach, which places the highest value on continuous and exceptional customer support.

The P&H MinePro Services organization provides industry-leading support for P&H Mining Equipment and a wide range of additional OEM parts and related services. MinePro Services employs about 1,500 individuals strategically located close to customers in major mining centers. These highly skilled technicians provide a range of value-added services including education and training, repairs and rebuilds, and parts and productivity enhancement kits for P&H products and other brands. MinePro Services is also a leading distributor of over 30 lines of complementary surface mining equipment. Customers receive one-stop shopping from the preferred provider to the surface mining industry.

Facts and Figures

P&H's outstanding reputation is reflected in its industry-leading positions:

  • P&H Mining Equipment has the largest active equipment base -- over 900 shovels, drills and draglines operating globally -- for the surface mining of coal, copper, iron, gold and other minerals resources;

  • P&H continues to provide most of the world's large mining shovels, supplying more than 70% of the mining shovels sold over the past 10 years;

  • P&H shovels operate in 90% of the world's surface mines; and

  • P&H draglines are among the largest mobile units on the face of the earth. Draglines walk on footpads as long as a city bus and have buckets as large as a four-car garage.

To Learn More

If you are interested in learning more about P&H Mining Equipment or employment opportunities at P&H, we invite you to visit the P&H web site at http://www.phmining.com/.





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