Improved Safety and Ease of Maintenance
Further driving advancements in the aggregate and construction industries, FLSmidth’s Raptor cone crusher models R250, R350 and R450 bring advanced automation, control and data visualisation to crushing operations around the world. While every crushing problem is unique, businesses within the construction industries all want the same thing from their crushing solutions, safety, ease of maintenance […]
Moving Ore at a Rapid Rate
Transmin Australia has recently secured a contract with BHP WA Iron Ore for the supply of five Transmin Low Profile Feeders (LPF) each 4.0m in width, to feed ore at 4 000tph, and including product scalping screens in the ore handling plant. Transmin’s LPF technology is unique in its ability to use a 4.0m wide […]
African solutions for African challenges
Pilot Crushtec International, a supplier of quarrying and mining equipment, has added the DoppiaTrac DR400 track mounted, self-driven, feeding, crushing and stockpiling machine for medium to hard bituminous coal crushing applications. The concept for the DoppiaTrac was born, from a client requirement to which there was no ready solution. “We were called out to a […]
Adding value through modular crushing solutions
New to HPE Africa’s range of McCloskey crushing and screening equipment, are modular crushing solutions (MCS), which add value through rapid on-site setup, high productivity and extended service life, even in the most demanding conditions. “McCloskey’s modular crushers have been designed with a specific focus on requirements of the machine operator,” says Rasheel Sukdhoe, McCloskey […]
Saving screens with high-quality motors
Harsh operating conditions on vibrating screens demand high quality engineering and the strictest tolerances for unbalanced motors and gearboxes, or they simply do not last. Kenny Mayhew-Ridgers, chief operating officer at Kwatani says, “We design our own motors with local conditions in mind, giving the customer a high performance and long lasting product.” This includes […]
Reaching New Horizons
FLSmidth has relocated the manufacturing of its core screen media products to the modernised Delmas Supercenter facility, providing a base from which to grow its sub-Saharan markets. This follows the 2017 decision to proceed with an investment at the 120,000m2 premises in Delmas. “In line with this strategy, FLSmidth has opted to focus on the […]
Locally Manufactured Trommel
Multotec recently won a tender from Tronox’s Namakwa Sands to replace a trommel at the mine’s Primary Concentration Plant East (PCPE) at its Brand se Baai site on the West Coast. Greta Mantell, technical sales representative at Multotec Manufacturing, says the scope of supply included the trommel screen, screen panels and ancillary equipment which formed […]
Cutting back on labour
“The Metso Lokotrack ST2.8 and its complementary counterpart, the Metso Lokotrack ST3.5 are necessary tools when screening an array of materials. Diamonds, sand, metals or manganese, the ST2.8 and ST3.5 will reduce material handling by up to 50%,” says Sandro Scherf, CEO of Pilot Crushtec International. The Lokotrack ST2.8, unlike other mobile scalping screens, has […]
Easing financial stress
As the size of South African coal deposits shrink and operations expect shorter mine lives, miners look to reduce capital expenditure on infrastructure. B&E International’s build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) plants offer the solution. “Our expertise and equipment in crushing and screening takes the pressure off the customer and relieves them of considerable production risk,” says Ken Basson, […]
Lower Cost of Ownership
Kwatani’s custom engineered screens are now in some of the largest mines, and many customers have standardised on them to ensure lower cost of ownership and high performance, according to general manager of sales and service, Jan Schoepflin. While screening in heavy minerals is Kwatani’s stronghold, the company has moved into coal, supplying the country’s […]
