Capital Equipment News January 2019

WASHING

The Combo wet processing system can produce up to three in-spec products from natural sand or, crucially, from crushed rock.

Pioneering a new wet processing era

Having identified how the disconnect between the rising demand for sand and the correlated depletion of natural sand reserves was going to affect the materials industry down the line, CDE has acted to mitigate the impact of the sand crisis on mine and quarry operators. From this, the CDE-patented Combo all-in-one wet processing and water recycling solution was born, providing a solution to the important environmental issue.

T he world consumes up to 40-billion tonnes of building products per year, half of which is sand. As the global urban boom shows no sign of abating, natural sand resources no longer can match demand from the construction industry. Such is the value of the second most consumed material in the world after water that illegal sand dredging, in its extreme form, has attracted criminal gangs to run covert sand-digging operations in South Africa, putting lives at risks. In environmental and human terms, illegal and

unregulated sand mining is a lose-lose strategy. With a finger on the pulse the materials industry and the environmental, political and demographic trends that shape its markets, CDE dedicates itself to providing innovative wet processing solutions in a New World of Resource. At the heart of the company’s continuous drive to innovate is its overarching purpose to bring practical solutions to such issues as the global sand crisis, water saving and environmental requirements, without compromising high quality production results for its customers.

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