Plant and Equipment

Through its Africa and Middle East business units, Astec Industries entered a partnership with Unatrac, which includes Mantrac group, one of the world’s largest Caterpillar (Cat) dealers, in November 2021. The partnership promises to enhance the supply, distribution, support, and after-sales service of Astec’s material solutions product range to numerous African countries, as well as in Iraq and Russia’s Ural and Volga regions.Read More »Astec partners with Unatrac to improve Africa offering

Metso Outotec announced the launch of a new Crossover feeder late last year – a hybrid feeding solution suitable for a wide range of greenfield and brownfield applications. The feeder offers a modular belt-over-apron design, delivering reliability for bulk material transportation at reduced costs.Read More »New hybrid crossover feeder launched

Global technology company ABB is working with mining company Boliden and mining and infrastructure equipment manufacturer Epiroc to develop and demonstrate an electric trolley truck system on a test track at Boliden’s Kristineberg mine in northern Sweden. Read More »The road to fossil free mines

Manufacturer of remote-controlled demolition robots Brokk has introduced the Brokk Pedestal Boom, a compact, stationary breaker boom system for the mining and aggregates industry.Read More »Brokk introduces pedestal boom

Sandvik is celebrating the 50th birthday of its Toro family of loaders and trucks for underground hard rock mines. This name has been recognised by Sandvik customers for decades, and still today, the bull figure and the word Toro symbolise both a rich history and a promising future.Read More »Sandvik celebrates 50 years of toro loaders and trucks

Over years of development, ETT has refined the design of their water truck model. ETT Water Trucks have earned a reputation for being the most reliable mining support equipment in the field due to superior manufacturing and design innovation and world-class components that guarantee impeccable performance in harsh mining conditions.Read More »ETT water trucks earns most-reliable label

Crushing and materials handling contractor SPH Kundalila has reaffirmed its faith in Metso crushers by putting to work another Lokotrack LT120 from local distributor Pilot Crushtec. Read More »Another Lokotrack for SPH Kundalila platinum crushing contract

Caterpillar has launched a new hydraulic mining shovel that will meet stringent European emission standards.Read More »CAT 6040 engine meets tier 4 emission standards

Highlighting the ongoing demand for Takraf apron feeders, key equipment supplier Takraf South Africa, part of the global Takraf Group, has supplied two machines for a leading copper/cobalt producer in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read More »Takraf supplies two machines to DRC

Canteras de Santullán, a family-owned, independent quarrying company, has purchased new Doosan equipment for the company’s operations based in Bilbo (Bizkaia) in Spain. The new Doosan machines include two DL550-5 wheel loaders, two Doosan DA30-7 articulated dump trucks (ADTs) and a DX420LC-5 crawler excavator.Read More »New Doosan Equipment for Canteras de Santullán