Dipper Payload 120 t (109 t) Dipper Capacity 30.6-62.7 m3 (40-82 yd3) Working Weight - With Dipper and Standard Links 3066000 lb (1390714 kg) Power Requirements - Peak power 3778 kW Electric rope shovels have been successfully removing overburden and ore on mine sites around the world for more than a century. Driven by a vision to make these highly productive machines safer, more reliable and even more productive, we challenged the status quo and built an electric rope shovel thats better.