Capital Equipment News April-May 2020

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Several mining activities were identified as essential to the South African economy during the unprecedented lockdown period and Liebherr is supporting its customers in the sector.

Liebherr-Africa’s safety first approach during lockdown

With its highly-skilled support teams on the frontline to support essential service customers during the South African lockdown period, Liebherr-Africa is adopting an array of preventative measures to protect the health, safety and well-being of employees, writes Munesu Shoko .

L ife as we know it has come to a standstill – but for essential service workers, it is business as usual during very unusual circumstances. With Liebherr-Africa supplying a wide range of equip- ment and services to various industries classified as essential service providers during the lockdown period, the company is making the necessary provisions to ensure that all its customers requiring routine and emergency support will be able to operate optimally. Dieter Schmid, MD of Liebherr-Africa, tells Capital Equipment News that some of the industries the company is supporting after during the lockdown include

wind and coal power, mining, port operations and the medical / laboratory industries. The company has, therefore, been granted essential service permits by several of its key customers in the mining, earthmoving and maritime divisions and is supplying products and services within these areas. Tom Münch, Director Mining, says several mining activities are identified as essential to the South African economy during the unprecedented lockdown period. “Coal mines providing thermal coal to the national power utility, Eskom, are of utmost importance,” he adds. “If the coal mines are not operating, the lights will go off

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CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS APRIL-MAY 2020