Joy Mining Machinery Overview
The Joy Mining Machinery business is headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania with over 40 field offices in eight countries. The firm has a history as a manufacturer of underground mining equipment and providers of aftermarket services. The business was founded in 1920 by Joseph Francis Joy.
Joy Mining Machinery manufactures equipment and provides aftermarket services for the extraction of underground coal (nearly 90% of its business) and other materials such as gypsum, lignite, phosphate, potash, salt and trona found in underground bedded strata, with service centers located near mine sites around the world. Manufacturing plants are located in the US, UK and South Africa. The company has a workforce of approximately 4,500.
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