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Liebherr Mining Advances Tin Training Simulators — New ThoroughTec Deal

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Liebherr Mining Advances Tin Training Simulators — New Deal with ThoroughTec

China’s CMOC just committed $1.7 billion to Ecuador’s largest gold-copper deposit — a deal that reshapes Andean mining and signals a new era of Chinese mineral strategy in Latin America.

$1.7B
Total Investment
371K oz
Gold / Year
26 Yrs
Mine Life
2028
Production Start

Liebherr Mining has raised the bar for tin mining training by joining forces with ThoroughTec Simulation, expanding beyond its longtime collaboration with Immersive Technologies. This partnership enhances operator training on Liebherr excavators and trucks, aiming to boost efficiency, output, and equipment care in tin mining.

The non-exclusive agreement leverages Liebherr’s technical expertise and Mines specialists to help design and refine advanced simulators. This grants mining operators more tailored training solutions, perfectly aligned with their operational needs.

Currently, ThoroughTec’s simulators support multiple Liebherr Mining equipment models, with plans to develop additional modules driven by client demand. The combined training approach blends detailed simulator use with instructor-led lessons to develop superior operator skills.

For nearly 25 years, ThoroughTec Simulation has pioneered mining training technology, deploying hundreds of simulators worldwide. It stands as the only ISO9001-certified mining simulator supplier. Its latest fifth-generation CYBERMINE simulators deliver highly realistic experiences for both surface and underground mining scenarios.

Why Liebherr Mining’s ThoroughTec Partnership Advances Tin Operator Training Technology

Liebherr’s ongoing role in simulator development ensures training tools match customer specifics. Offering a broader simulator range means mining operators can train in environments that closely reflect their real-world operating challenges, improving overall mine performance.

How Realistic Simulators Drive Safer, More Efficient Tin Mining

Accurate simulation matters. Liebherr Mining insists effective equipment operation requires more than experience—precise training with simulators that mimic surface and underground mining conditions is essential.

ThoroughTec’s realistic simulators, combined with instructor guidance, improve operator performance to meet Liebherr’s standards for machine care and manufacturing output. This is especially important for costly tin mining equipment.

ThoroughTec’s Leadership in Mining Simulation Technology

With nearly 25 years of experience, ThoroughTec Simulation has delivered hundreds of simulators globally and earned the mining sector’s only ISO9001 certification for training products. Its CYBERMINE platform is acclaimed for crafting immersive training environments that replicate complex mining workflows.

This partnership confirms ThoroughTec’s standing as a world leader in mining training technology, now integrated with Liebherr Mining’s knowledge to better serve the tin mining industry.

About the author

Charles Pitts

Charles Pitts

Publisher & Lead Macro-Strategist

Charles Pitts is the publisher of Skillings Mining Review, the trade journal that has covered mining since 1912. He writes on the macro forces behind metal prices: commodity cycles, sovereign capital and the shifting sources of demand.

His current work argues that hyperscale AI, and the gigawatt-scale power its data centres need, is becoming a buyer of lithium and copper in its own right, competing with the automotive supply chain for tier-one reserves.


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