Capital Equipment News April 2022

CONTENTS Capital Equipment News is published monthly by Crown Publications Acting Editor: Mark Botha capnews@crown.co.za Features writer: Munesu Shoko Advertising manager: Elmarie Stonell elmaries@crown.co.za Design: Ano Shumba FEATURES 21 UD Trucks – positive growth with focus on sustainability 40 Electric construction machines vital for cleaner and greener construction THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

COMMENT 2 Construction industry to remain in recovery despite forecasted growth COVER STORY 4 Wide-body dump trucks a cost-effective solution for mining CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 8 CASE Construction Equipment celebrates 180 th anniversary LOADERS 12 New Holland Construction South Africa – products and services for specific applications PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE 16 Volvo ActiveCare boosts uptime in Ghana mines 18 Embrace diagnostics technology to maximise plant productivity WORK AT HEIGHTS 22 Curbing the occupational hazards of working at heights EXTRA HEAVY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES 26 Driving new levels of efficiency SMALL ARTICULATED LOADERS 30 Gaining traction

Publisher: Karen Grant

Deputy publisher: Wilhelm du Plessis

Circulation: Karen Smith

NEWS

TRANSPORT NEWS 34 How SA’s small businesses can cut costs with telematics 34 Renergen chooses DAF to drive LNG revolution CONSTRUCTION NEWS 35 Volvo CE brings its first commercial electric machine to Asia 35 Why Metso’s LT220D is a game 36 Liebherr crawler crane LR 1160.1 unplugged 37 Finance now available for all John Deere construction and mining machinery mining news 38 Multotec’s RAMA is a giant step in precision sampling 38 Kleemann MOBIREX Impact crusher MR EVO2 now also with SPECTIVE CONNECT

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