L&T All-Women Team Commissions 100-Tonne Mining Truck

Dubai (PlantAndEquipment.com) - In a first for India’s mining sector, an all-women technical team from Larsen & Toubro’s Construction & Mining Machinery business (L&T CMB) has successfully commissioned a Komatsu HD785-7 dump truck with a 100-tonne payload capacity at Tata Steel’s Noamundi iron ore mine in Jharkhand.

The commissioning was carried out over six days in late July and early August, despite difficult weather conditions. Tasks included assembling key components, integrating hydraulic systems, and completing system checks before the machine was handed over on August 18.

The Komatsu HD785-7 is one of the largest trucks in its class, powered by a 1,200-horsepower engine and equipped with features such as variable horsepower control, automated speed regulation, and KOMTRAX Plus telematics. Following commissioning, the truck will be operated by a team of women drivers at the Tata Steel site.

L&T highlighted that the project was enabled by its training and mentorship programmes designed to prepare women engineers and technicians for roles in heavy equipment and mining. The achievement is seen as an important step in broadening workforce participation in industrial sectors traditionally dominated by men.