Capital Equipment News June 2018

MINING NEWS

The evolution of processing equipment

A new range of small, mobile crushers and screens is about to present a big op- portunity for businesses to explore new opportunities in processing, especially in the areas of recycling and waste management. The EvoQuip brand also presents companies where the machine may either become part of an existing fleet or provide owner-operators with an opportunity to undertake smaller-scale crushing and screening operations on customers’ own sites. Distributed by ELB Equipment, the EvoQuip range is part of the Terex brand and extends from 3- to 19-t screens, complemented by crushers that range from 3,5- to 29-t. With greater emphasis on mobility, the concept is to bring efficient crushing and screening operations to wherever they are needed. According to Martin Conway, Terex international sales manager for EvoQuip, the company’s machines, developed within the space of the last decade, are compliant with emerging trends in numerous industries. “For example, in the existing processing market the trend is for crushing operations to become smaller and operate on a just-in-time (JIT) principle where just enough is produced for immediate needs rather than stockpiling materials for future use. All too often big crushers and screens stand idle waiting for materials with obvious negative cost implications,” he says. “By comparison, the small EvoQuip machines are less expensive to buy and to operate making many lower- a unique hire opportunity for entrepreneurs and plant hire

With greater emphasis on mobility, the concept is to bring efficient crushing and screening operations to wherever they are needed.

yield types of operations feasible by considerably bringing down operating costs. That means it can give old operations a new lease of life or may even be feasible to be brought onto quarries to produce saleable products from by-products,” says Conway. Perhaps the most exciting opportunities, however, is to take processing plants to customer’s sites. Whether it be processing of rocks at the site of road construction projects, the processing of demolition waste for reuse or processing of manure, compost, fertilisers or soils for

agriculture In addition, the relatively low overall cost of the equipment significantly lowers the entry level into a host of new industries and makes these more feasible for start- ups to process smaller quantities of materials profitably. Examples could include waste concrete recycling at precast and readymix concrete yards, processing of illegally dumped building materials on behalf of municipalities and supporting construction operations in remote areas using available resources, among others. ❂

ROSOND acquires new generation drill rig

ROSOND has acquired a drill rig, the first in the company’s new generation fleet set to substantially change the company’s approach to drilling. The rig features two power packs – one diesel and one electric, one of which is selected for use depending on the operation at hand. The power pack can be detached from the drill rig

itself, thereby making the rig smaller and enabling it to get into hard-to-reach places. In addition, the machine is fully remote controlled. According to ROSOND’s operations director Ricardo Cravo Ribeiro, the new machine is specifically designed for geotechnical operations, and will be used in activities ranging from surface

exploration drilling, to water control, ground consolidation and drain holes underground. The new rig is the first of ROSOND’s new generation fleet, which features several innovations. Cravo Ribeiro believes the new fleet will have the potential to modernise several aspects of the company’s approach to drilling. ❂

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