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In mid-2025 Doug Hood Mining Ltd purchased a new Caterpillar D9 to increase bulldozer availability at Stockton Mine, specifically to join our existing D8Ts and D9Rs for pit floor and tiphead maintenance and blast levelling. The D9 was ordered from...Read more
We recently purchased two new Volvo A45G articulated dump trucks from TDX Ltd for our Stockton Mine operations. To meet the Stockton Mine specification additional equipment was fitted by TDX including fast fill system, exhaust wrap, RT, handrails...Read more
Doug Hood Mining Ltd (DHML) has reached another significant maintenance milestone with the successful engine replacement in our 2007 Hitachi EX1900 excavator, currently operating at Stockton Mine on New Zealand’s West Coast. This major...Read more
Gavin joined the Company in 1982 as a diesel mechanic in Ashburton. Throughout his time with the company Gavin has had a significant and lasting impact on the productivity and profitability of the Company, maintaining the open-cast mining and...Read more
We took the 1900 out of the production fleet for 4 weeks to replace the undercarriage. New undercarriage was fitted by our Stockton-based maintenance crew with assistance from the OEM. Components due were changed out at the same time...Read more
After a lifetime in the mechanical engineering industry, including the last 14 years with Doug Hood Mining Ltd, Gavin Thompson has decided to retire. However, with a number of restoration projects backed up at home plus being Chief Engineer to the...Read more
Our contract mining fleet at Stockton Mine gets another two new Volvo A45G articulated dump trucks: #T76 built January 2019, #T77 built March 2019. This will bring our holding of A45Gs to four. Pre-delivery mine specification checks. Ready for...Read more
Caterpillar 777D dump-truck #16 (nominally 100tonne including 50m3 payload) was manufactured in the USA in 2002, bought new by us in 2004 and put to work at Stockton Mine carting overburden. The engine (model 3508B EUI) is an 8 cylinder, 34.5L...Read more
Ash Oldham retired this year and through this website we wanted to acknowledge his work in the industry and as a valued member of the Doug Hood Mining crew. Ash was responsible for the steel fabrication associated with building and rebuilding...Read more
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