On this month's cover: Joy’s new shearer has broken the 10 million mark in China. Starting in April 2008 until the end of March 2009, Shenhua Energy’s Joy shearer had mined 10,269,915 t (11.3 million short t). This model of shearer, the 7LS7, is the first one of its kind to be designed and manufactured by Joy Mining Machinery. It is the largest and most powerful longwall shearer that went into production at one of the world’s largest coal mining complexes, Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd’s Shendong Coal Branch operation, Shang Wan Mine.
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