Materials Handling

Engineered chute systems play a critical role in ensuring stable material flow, reducing wear, minimising dust and spillage, and supporting overall plant reliability. As mining operations place... 

Moving away from the conventional design using greased steel bearings and adopting high-performance polymer bearings – by linear and bearing technology provider igus – across the key pivot points... 

Designed for simplified, efficient and safe procedures in every application, industrial solutions provider BMG’s dedicated lifting and rigging team supplies and supports a broad range of quality... 

Building on its longstanding partnership with German mechanical and electronic solutions company NORD DRIVESYSTEMS, industrial equipment supplier BMG has introduced locally assembled and stocked... 

As mining operations place increasing pressure on plant throughput, equipment longevity and environmental control, transfer point design is becoming a far more strategic component of materials... 

To meet the demands of mechanical power transmission, equipment supplier Oscillating Systems Technology Africa (OST-Africa) has developed an advanced range of tensioning elements that maintain... 

MMD Group, a global manufacturer of material sizing and handling systems, has signed an agreement with Anglo American, giving MMD the intellectual property rights to TraxIQ, a system-level... 

SKF Cooper sealed split spherical roller bearings feature precision‑engineered joining methods that secure the inner and outer rings for optimal structural integrity. The sealing system... 

South Africa’s capital equipment industry is undergoing a shift toward flexible procurement, life-cycle optimisation and lower-emission technologies as industrial sites respond to economic pressure... 

Cautious investor sentiment and sustained cost pressures continue to shape technology adoption in South Africa’s materials-handling sector, with safety, affordability and asset life extension... 

Global mining equipment supplier TAKRAF is positioning collaboration, innovation and full-flowsheet capability at the centre of its African growth strategy, TAKRAF South Africa MD Richard Späth... 

Gauteng-based access, lifting and materials handling solutions provider, SkyJacks, has been appointed as the official distributor of MACH floor cleaning equipment in South Africa. The partnership... 

Having outgrown its previous facility in Alrode South, in Gauteng, it was imperative that materials handling equipment provider A Square Forklift move to a larger, more cohesively structured... 

As mining operations push for greater efficiency, safety and sustainability, the role of transfer points has moved from the periphery to the forefront of materials handling strategy. Mark Baller,... 

Wacker Neuson’s range of ground-engaging compact telehandlers offer lifting, loading, stacking, moving and digging functions. The company asserts that its small-footprint machines outperform...