P&H Mining Equipment is a global leader in the manufacture and service of pace-setting large excavating and drilling machines used to mine copper, coal, iron ore, silver, gold, diamonds, oilsands, phosphate, molybdenum, potash and other minerals and bedded materials. Ninety percent of the world s surface mines utilize P&H equipment. The company was founded in Milwaukee in 1884. P&H Mining operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in harsh climates and at all altitudes. P&H offers three major product lines - electric mining shovels, rotary blasthole drills and walking draglines. P&H s manufactures its brawny equipment in Milwaukee, Australia, Brazil, South Africa and at a Japanese affiliate plant more than1.2 million square feet of factory in all. A highly skilled workforce averaging almost 30 years of service makes it possible for the company to meet such impressive engineering and manufacturing challenges