Choosing the right support vehicle for an underground mining operation can significantly increase the productivity of the production fleet and reduce operational costs.
The Elphinstone E15 underground support vehicle platform has been work-hardened and proven in the harshest of underground hard rock mining conditions.
Welding professionals, educators and industry leaders from Victoria and Tasmania gathered at the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV), Melbourne, on Wednesday, 12 November 2025, to celebrate the 2025 Victoria & Tasmania Welding Excellence Awards, recognising leading individuals and organisations across the welding and fabrication sector.
Elphinstone is very proud to congratulate our 2025 Weld Australia Award recipients, Tyler Sharman, Kiah McCreadie, and Matthew Swinden.
The Elphinstone Group’s 50th anniversary celebrations brought together employees, partners, and community members to honour five decades of innovation, resilience, and contribution to the manufacturing and heavy industries.
The day commenced with an Open Day at the Ormsby Street Yellow Iron manufacturing facility in Burnie, where guests, including managing and executive directors from across the Elphinstone Group, past and present employees and their families, business leaders, and local and state politicians were invited to explore the company’s impressive history and achievements.
Elphinstone recently commemorated the 50th Elphinstone WR820 Underground Base Platform to be sold and manufactured at its Burnie facility in Tasmania.
The 50th machine, a WR820 Agitator 10m3, is one of two agitators sold to Byrnecut for an operation in West Africa. Executive chairman and founder Dale Elphinstone welcomed Byrnecut Maintenance Manager for International operations, Luke Cheney, to inspect the machines, then joined employees for a photograph and refreshments to celebrate the special occasion.
Elphinstone has set the standard in underground haul road maintenance with the recently released EG20 Underground Grader. Based on the Caterpillar next-generation 120 surface grader platform, the EG20 features improved operator comfort and delivers balanced weight, power, and agility to maximise performance.
The underground grader’s role is to prepare and maintain quality haul and access roads with adequate drainage throughout the tunnel network.
The added benefit is a significant increase in the productivity of the haulage fleet, reducing equipment tyre wear and increasing component life and speed on grade.
Dale Elphinstone became the first person outside the US to be inducted into the prestigious National Mining Hall of Fame in Denver, Colorado, on Saturday, November 2, 2024.
Dale and wife Cheryl were joined by children, Kelly and Adam, and family friends to celebrate this amazing achievement.
Dale has never been afraid of a challenge. He often says, “We did it because we didn’t know we couldn’t”.
Since 1975, when he modified Cat surface mining equipment to suit underground applications out of his Father’s shed on their Mooreville Road, Burnie farm, the Elphinstone name has been synonymous with underground mining.
Read more
Choosing the right support vehicle for an underground mine can significantly increase the productivity of the fleet and reduce operational costs.
Elphinstone’s new range of E15 underground support vehicles is designed to thrive in the harshest underground hard rock mining environments.
The E15 is a highly configurable, 15-tonne nominal base platform, comprising an agitator (7m3), delivery truck, fuel and lube truck, and water tank for dust suppression.
Elphinstone Pty Ltd is excited to commemorate the 50th Elphinstone UG20K Underground Grader built in Burnie Tasmania. The 50th UG20K grader, designed to maintain underground haul roads, is one of two (2) machines to be dispatched to DCR Minería y Construcción through Ferreyros in Peru. Elphinstone celebrated the occasion with employees, founders Dale and Cheryl Elphinstone and Non-Executive Director, Kelly Elphinstone.
As an established Caterpillar Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), all products are sold and supported by Elphinstone and the global Cat® dealer network.
Elphinstone in conjunction with Westrac NSW and QLD invited regional customers to view the new E15 Agitator and E15 Flat Deck at Hastings Deering Dubbo and Mt Isa in August.
The E15 model has been developed utilising over 45 years of underground mining experience and knowledge gained to deliver a 15-tonne platform designed to thrive in the harshest underground hard rock environments.
Elphinstone is excited to deliver a MED210 to Centamin’s Sukari Gold Mine in the Nubian Desert, Egypt. Sukari is Egypt’s first large-scale modern mine; served by smooth tarmac roads, off-grid power, solar and a 25km water pipeline fed by the Red Sea. The landscape and climate can be unforgiving in Egypt’s mineral-rich Eastern Desert.