Liebherr’s New 250-Tonner now Available

We first got up close and personal with Liebherr’s latest Generation 8 mining excavator the R 9300 at Bauma last year, when it was one of the star attractions on the company’s vast stand, now following a successful validation period at a mine in Indonesia, it is now available to order.

The machine will enter serial production in 2024, and the new model will replace Liebherr’s outgoing 250-tonne class offering the R 9250.

Liebherr Mining partnered with its customer PT Karunia Armada Indonesia (Karunia) to establish the capabilities of the excavator on site. Karunia – a mining contractor based in East Kalimantan, Indonesia – began operating a pre-series unit of the R 9300 in September 2022 to remove and load overburden into 100- and 130-tonne trucks at the Tabang mine. Since September 2022, the R 9300 has averaged 486 operational hours per month and 94% availability – surpassing Karunia’s KPIs for the machine. These results highlight the true potential of the excavator for improving onsite productivity.

To increase the machines productivity and efficiency, a range of design improvements have been implemented into the R 9300, which according to Liebherr, setts this new machine apart from other excavators in the 250-tonne class.

The R 9300 has an updated attachment design that is lighter and stronger than that of the R 9250. The new attachment comes with high-performance components such as a new stick and boom design and aluminium covers all installed as standard. This lean design has enabled an increase in bucket size in both the backhoe and face shovel configurations.

The standard bucket sizes of 16.5m3 in backhoe configuration and 16m3 in face shovel configuration (at 1.8t/m3 with the heavy-duty wear package) make the excavator an effective pass match for trucks with 100-, 130-, and 180-tonne payloads.

Let’s take a look at this stylish mid-range mining excavator in action, in this promotional video from Liebherr.