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Materials Handling News
Small diamond miners dig bigger machines
14th June 2001 Mining and construction equipment supplier Hitachi Construction Machinery Southern Africa reports a marked swing among independent diamond digging operations towards larger hydraulic excavators. →
Defence offsets take off, but civilian deals still grounded
By: Joanne Delaurentis 8th June 2001 Defence companies involved in the R37-billion (officially - some sources outside government put it at R50-billion) re-equipping programme are eager for a thorough investigation into allegations of corruption. →
South Africa to get low-sulphur diesel
By: Joanne Delaurentis 8th June 2001 A new diesel with a sulphur content as low as 0,3% will be launched countrywide next year by petroleum giant BP. →
Five cranes to minerals reclamation plant
By: Joanne Delaurentis 8th June 2001 A minerals reclamation plant under construction in Kimberly has resulted in a R2-million order for five overhead cranes from Germiston based Condra. →
Firm wins zirconium conveying contract
By: Joanne Delaurentis 8th June 2001 Local company Elsby Engineering, in alliance with Screw Conveyors and Materials-Handling Equipment, has been awarded the contract to supply two screw conveyors and a lump breaker for Palabora Mining in Mpumalanga. →
Second large truck supplied to coal-mine
By: Joanne Delaurentis 8th June 2001 Johannesburg company Hitachi Construction Machinery Southern Africa (HCMSA) has received an order for a new 436 t operating weight, 280 t load capacity Euclid EH 4500 rigid-frame dump truck from Grootegeluk Colliery in the Northern Province. →
Logistics - the final frontier
8th June 2001 There is still room in many corporations to make signficant improvements in the area of logistics. →
Innovative technology for materials-handling
8th June 2001 Striving to be more than just another contractor, Bateman Materials-Handling has invested to develop innovative technology to supplly comprehensive solutions to its customers' handling problems and increase customer resource efficiency. →
Local firm wins zirconium conveying contract
8th June 2001 Local company Elsby Engineering, in alliance with Screw Conveyors and Materials Handling Equipment, has been awarded the contract to supply two screw conveyors and a lump breaker for Palabora Mining in the Northern Province. →
Supply-chain firm grows mining services
8th June 2001 Responding to the latest supply-chain management trends within the industry, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed supply-chain and logistics services firm, Supergroup, is positioning itself to best be able to repond positively to its clients' needs. →
One-stop materials-handling service
8th June 2001 Southern African materials-handling company Barloworld Handling is focusing on providing a total solutions-based one-stop service →
R45m materials-handling contract awarded
By: System Author 1st December 2000 Platinum →
Ore-truck simulator here from Australia
By: System Author 13th October 2000 The days in which mining companies had to expose their giant ore-moving trucks to the perils of training duty for new drivers are over. →
Supply chain must be refined
By: System Author 6th October 2000 Materials-handling & logistics →
Mainframe structure reduced
By: System Author 6th October 2000 Materials-handling & logistics →
Multimillion-rand facilities expenditure programme demonstrates committment
By: System Author 6th October 2000 Materials-handling & logistics →
R60m silica investment
By: System Author 23rd June 2000 Supplier of silica material to the local market SamQuarz has invested R60-million in a new plant at its facility in Delmas, Mpumalanga. →
Swedes in materials-handling advance
By: System Author 16th June 2000 The materials-handling division of the Scottish Weir group, Strachan & Henshaw, was bought by Swedish company Svedala last month to join its R1,3-billion-a-year worldwide bulk materials-handling business. →
Concern that Act does not cater for nature of logistics
By: System Author 9th June 2000 Materials-handling & logistics →
Local industry is shrinking
By: System Author 9th June 2000 Materials-handling & logistics →
Bigger market-share anticipated for company
By: System Author 9th June 2000 Materials-handling & logistics →
Continuous mining to reduce cost
By: System Author 24th March 2000 Earthmoving & surface-mining equipment →
Earthmoving firm refocus on SA mining industry
By: System Author 24th March 2000 Earthmoving & surface-mining equipment →
20% market share in only two years
By: System Author 24th March 2000 Earthmoving and surface-mining equipment →
Maintenance procedures need attention
By: System Author 24th March 2000 Earthmoving and surface-mining equipment →
New models to fill gap
By: System Author 24th March 2000 Earthmoving and surface-mining equipment →
US group invests R20m in SA
By: System Author 8th October 1999 Materials-Handling & Logistics →
R22m jig plant designed
By: System Author 8th October 1999 Materials-Handling & Logistics →
Lining-systems contract
By: System Author 6th August 1999 Specialist geomembrane-lining contractor Aquatan Lining Systems, of Johannesburg, was awarded the contract for the supply and installation of the lining systems at Afrikander Lease. →
R3-million transfer chutes
By: System Author 16th July 1999 The R3-million transfer chutes for the Orapa 2000 expansion project in Botswana were supplied by bulk materials-handler M&J Engineering of Wadeville, Gauteng. The contract was awarded at the end of 1997. Project manager Peter Barthel reports that the company already had an estimated 40 chutes in... →
Local ADT firm a whizz in Oz
By: System Author 26th March 1999 In a big coup for exports, South African company Bell Equipment has emerged as the frontrunner in the sale of articulated dump-trucks (ADTs) in Australia by securing a massive 39% of the market. Newly-released sales figures for 1998 show a remarkable leap from the previous year’s 20%... →
New mining truck drives in
By: System Author 26th March 1999 A novel range of mining trucks in the 190 t to 327 t range has been launched by Liebherr. The T282 was launched in October in the US, and is the first diesel-electric ac-drive haul truck, featuring a payload capacity of 327 t and two independently-operating axles. The ac drive allows easy... →
Drilling company makes an impact
By: System Author 26th March 1999 Newly-formed contract drilling company Ibora Drilling is engaged in drilling operations in Maputo mainly for the extraction of suitable-grade rock for construction of the road network for the Mozal Aluminium smelter, a deal said to be in the high seven-digit bracket. The Nelspruit company has... →
Making a case for innovation
By: System Author 26th March 1999 Refinements and innovations in its earthmoving equipment range are providing a solution to the ‘cost per ton’ question for alluvial diamond diggers in the North West Province, says CSE Equipment divisional director Rod Watson. The company has been supplying independent alluvial... →
Drilling contract progresses
By: System Author 26th March 1999 An estimated R6-million exploration contract at Anglogold’s Fochville drilling project in the North West Province by wholly-owned Anglo American subsidiary Boart Longyear is clocking up significant progress. Mining Weekly has learnt that one of the two deep-hole sites is on track for... →
Latest-model wheel loader
By: System Author 26th March 1999 The latest-model granite-specification and standard Komatsu loader in the 43-t-plus class has been introduced locally by Komatsu Southern Africa. The new machine, the WA600-3, replaces the widely-used and well-proved WA600-1, the standard version of which is mainly used for loading in open-pit... →
R57m access tunnelling contract
By: System Author 26th March 1999 A R57-million primary-access tunnelling contract has been awarded to RUC Mining Contracting Company by Anglogold. The contract comprises 12 km of twin-end tunnelling on 105 level, about 2 300 m below surface at Anglogold’s Elandsrand mine near Carletonville. The contract was awarded based... →
Component-maker in revamp
By: System Author 12th March 1999 Local earthmoving equipment and component remanufacturer Komatsu Rebuild Centre, of Isando, Gauteng, has celebrated its own revamp. Komatsu Reman, as it will now be known, will operate as an independent business unit under GM Taizo Shiono. The renovated centre, the only remanufacturer in the... →
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