Capital Equipment News August 2024

MINING EQUIPMENT

Our first priority is to make demonstration units available within sub-Saharan Africa to physically demonstrate how this works.

technology in a way that best suits their operational needs. By demonstrating the solution’s effi ciency and sustainability, the partners aim to overcome the mining industry’s histori cal hesitation to implement new systems. “Our first priority is to make demonstra tion units available within sub-Saharan Africa to physically demonstrate how this works,” Lotheringen notes. The primary aim of the partnership is to introduce and differentiate K-Tec’s technology from less successful, historical scraper-based solutions in the region. By providing safe, cost-saving solutions that also reduce emissions and water consumption, the collaboration aims to establish K-Tec’s scrapers as the pre ferred choice for mining and construction projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Addition

tive, water-saving, and diesel-efficient earthmoving solutions. K-Tec’s specialised earth-moving scrapers, which are well-established in North America and Australasia, will be introduced to sub-Saharan Africa through Ukwazi’s extensive market knowledge and experience accumulated over the past 20 years. The partnership will provide com

petitive advantages to our clients by integrating K-Tec’s innovative equipment with Ukwazi’s extensive advisory services. Lotheringen explains, “We will help clients effectively implement the scraper solution, either through direct purchase, rental options, or operational scenarios where we operate the equipment as any mining contractor would.” This flexibility ensures that clients can adopt the new

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