L&T is truly a ‘one-stop-shop’ for a major range of mining equipment.

Partha Mookherjee ,
Head- Mining Equipment Business ,
Larsen & Toubro Limited.

Komatsu and L&T are totally committed to supplying high-quality and reliable equipment in the Indian market.
-Partha Mookherjee
Head- Mining Equipment Business
Larsen & Toubro Limited

L&T offers a very comprehensive range of Mining Equipment through its principals, Komatsu (Japan) and Scania (Sweden). “Komatsu and L&T are totally committed to supplying high-quality and reliable equipment in the Indian market,” says Partha Mookherjee, Head- Mining Equipment Business, Larsen & Toubro Limited. Excerpts from the interview

Site optimization, especially through big data seems to be a major trend in the global mining space. L&T, being a major player in this space, how do you assess the potential for the same in the mining sector?

With greater focus – like never before – to optimize the ‘cost per tonne’ of mineral mined, big data analytics is playing a crucial role in site and cost optimization. This trend is fast gathering pace, wherein, the data collection, analysis and MIS reports shall become an integrated part of the overall mining activity. At L&T and Komatsu, we are already using various software like Optimum Fleet Recommendation (OFR), Real-time display analysis (RealDisp) etc that have proved to be of immense value to our customers.

What contributory role L&T is playing in India, especially through its product and support solutions?

Komatsu and L&T are totally committed to supplying high-quality and reliable equipment in the Indian market, which meets the prevailing emission norms. For example: The high performance 60T Komatsu dump truck being offered for Indian market conforms to Tier-3 emission norms.

Could you please elaborate on current after-market support trends based on the changing requirement of clients? How geared up is L&T in this space?

For mining projects, after-market support is a key differentiator as it ensures high equipment uptime, better utilization, timely maintenance, proper and periodic training etc. L&T has laid a lot of emphasis and has a pan-India network of service workshops for equipment support and overhaul activity. Recently, we opened our 6th service workshop at Singrauli, which is a major coal-mining hub with a strong presence of Komatsu large size equipment.

What is the range of solutions offered by L&T in mining & quarrying sector? And also tell us the product and technology trends in that range?

L&T offers a very comprehensive range of mining equipment through our principals, Komatsu (Japan) and Scania (Sweden). From Komatsu, we are offering a wide range of dump trucks, hydraulic excavators, crawler dozers, wheel loaders, motor graders, wheel dozers etc. From Scania, we offer mining tippers for deployment in the mid-mining operations. With such an extensive range, L&T is truly a ‘one-stop-shop’ for a major range of mining equipment.

What will be the impact of large and long term MDO contracts?

With long-term contracts, comes the visibility of a sustained business model. This will encourage the successful bidders to invest in world-class equipment, software packages for cost control/optimization etc and will definitely elevate mining
methods in India to a higher level of modernization.

Why a client should come to L&T? What are the differentiating factors in terms of products, solutions offered and back-up support?

• Comprehensive product range – a ‘one-stop-solution-provider’ for major portion of any client’s need. Further, most of the commonly used equipment / models are well-proven in Indian mining conditions, across segments.
• Decades of experience in handling customers engaged in Indian mining sector. The wealth of knowledge accumulated over the years helps us in gauging customer / project demand and planning to meet the same
• Investment in after-sales support infrastructure like service works­hops, warehouses, training centres etc provides comfort to customers
• Experienced team of service engineers ensure efficient trouble-shooting and ensuring high product uptime
• Our investment in training centres and tailor-made training programmes ensure the knowledge is dissipated to the grass-root level and benefits the customer.

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