Mining Equipment Channel.
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Hello Miners! My name is Nick.
This is an equipment channel that was originally dedicated to #shorts format videos, but as weeks go by, this is more turning into an actual long format plateform that includes reaction-style videos.
Here you'll see anything from road construction to outstanding heavy stuff from the likes of Liebherr, Caterpillar, Komatsu, Doosan, Bucyrus, Deere, Volvo, JCB, Case, etc.
Regular models featured on the channel (amongst many others):
-Liebherr R9800, R996B, R994, R9150, R9100 & R984C
-CAT/Caterpillar 6090, 6060, 6040, 6020B, 6015B, D10T, D11T, 793C & 795F
-Komatsu PC8000, PC7000, PC5500, PC4000, PC3000, PC2000, PC1250, D575-A, D475-A, WA-1200, WA900, 830E & 930E.
To submit content: please use the "Business" link down below. We accept all sorts of format and we'll make sure to get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you everyone for previous contributions to the channel.
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Many asked for it... Tomorrow, get ready to spend 1 full hour with Black Zack as I'm releasing the full (mostly uncut) interview of the man himself. @blackzackofficial
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Channel Update and Happy New Year!
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So it's that time of the year again - Happy New Year to all of you.
2025 has been both awful and awesome. First half sucked. Second half was insanely great. Go figure all the crap out!
The channel is now 3 years old. It has definitely become of the most influential hubs for the mining industry – a total accident. That also means nothing in the internet world so, who cares really, haha.
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As it stands right now, I have 3 long form videos ready. Two of them had to go through the painful "approval" process which reminded me of why I can't stand working for "others" in the end.
Once those three videos have been published, I have no clue what will happen to this channel. It may honestly stay idled. Or I may post a video once in a while. I have zero clue yet.
What bothers me: what usually starts as a personal product becomes a mix of personal-corporate compromise once it gets through the whole "feedback machine" which, in the end, doesn't suit me at all.
I know that stuff all too well.
I spent 25 years in music – same deal. It's like offering a track to a label. They "love it so much". Then one tweak becomes five, then five tweaks become ten. And by the time the track gets released, it's not "your" product anymore.
Not for me.
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All I know is...
The Black Zack documentary is a perfect example of what I love doing. It's also a perfect example of what I can do – all by myself, from beginning to end, from filming to sound designing and editing. There ain't no "team", no collaborator and no "process".
This is the kind of story I can tell. And this is the kind of story teams which cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to their companies every year fail to do. Think about all the insane videos big miners could do: their legacy operators, their classic machines with their insane stories, their operations... Yet, they won't!
Imagine if you spotted some dude not wearing a hard hat 400 yards away from a machine that's been idled since 2020. Of course you won't care... But they think you will.
2025 taught me to stick to my guns. I'm done emailing companies. I'm done begging. I'm done "getting in touch".
The industry, as wonderful as it is, is the most secretive you can think of. Most mining giants are protecting a public image that, actually, no one cares about. Ride the subway, ride the bus, walk in a major city anywhere in the world and tell me last time your heard someone talk about... mining. Yeah, never!
Well, actually, mention the word "mining" to anybody these days and most will instantly think you're talking about Bitcoin. Gets me everytime (and I love it).
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The short form videos are shelved for now. I don't see myself getting back to them in the near future.
Long form may still happen. But I only want to tell stories that I love. This implies that posting schedule may go from several videos a month to one or two.. per year. Maybe... Maybe not.
I'll only spend time on what is worth it, without compromise.
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I'm in a great place and I don't "need" to talk about mining. I just love doing it, whenever I do it.
There are many ways to tell stories and I like to think I have my own. Until this gets understood and appreciated, I won't flinch or sell out just for "exposure". I already created my own. And what I can do about mining, I can do it about any subject... Companies can't, looking at their wrecked online data.
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That being said, from an insider's point of view, let me tell you: Liebherr, Caterpillar, Komatsu and BHP are the best. There's a reason why they succeeded for that long.
The rest, we'll see... Not sure yet :D
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HAPPY NEW YEAR. Love you!
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It's fair to say we all love Zack Black (intentional) :-D @blackzackofficial
4 months ago | [YT] | 301
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To anyone who watched the Black Zack documentary, go check out my man's update video to know what he's currently up to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76EQd...
5 months ago | [YT] | 475
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The most important video ever made for this channel comes out on Friday, 3PM EST. And yeah, let's enjoy that square crop for a second... :-D
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I used to daydream a lot as a teenager about operating a mining loader — the WA1200 was the one I always imagined running. What about you?
6 months ago | [YT] | 191
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How are you guys doing? Let's talk (not just about mining and machines, for once)
6 months ago | [YT] | 26
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Making content in the machinery and mining world often takes an absurd amount of begging, and I try not to sell my soul too often for a shot at it. So yeah, opportunities are rare. But when they happen, they’re the real deal.
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The XCMG R 996?
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This week, a federal coal lease auction in Montana’s Powder River Basin ran into trouble. The 1,262-acre lease, estimated to contain 167.5 million tons of coal, received only one bid - from the Navajo Transitional Energy Company - of just $186,000. The Bureau of Land Management rejected the offer for failing to meet fair market value. This contrasts sharply with past sales, such as a 2012 auction that brought in $793 million for 721 million tons.
Following the Montana setback, a large coal lease sale in Wyoming was postponed. The low bid reflects declining coal demand as utilities shift toward natural gas and renewables. Despite political efforts to roll back restrictions and boost coal production, the industry faces ongoing challenges from low domestic demand, competition from alternative energy, and limited export opportunities.
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