Modern Mining February 2022

Rosond, Boart Longyear partner to uplift local businesses in the N Cape years, it is important that we play a major role in empowering small business and developing the local community to become an integral part of our own supply chain.” He adds: “It was therefore logical for us to approach Boart Longyear to sug- gest an ESD company that we could both develop for the benefit of the local area and economy.” As a result, 36-year-old entre- preneur Clayton Van Der Ross’s Workshop Warehouse will service Rosond’s opera- An all-female Rosond drill rig crew at Kumba.

Drilling technology solutions provider Rosond and multinational Boart Longyear have entered into a par tnership to develop local businesses in the Northern Cape. “We have a responsibility towards Enterprise Supplier Development (ESD). We strive to translate new opportunities for Rosond into opportunities for the com- munities in which we are active, so that our growth in turn benefits these commu- nities,” says Rosond MD Ricardo Ribeiro. Drilling-service provider Boart Longyear is currently supplying consumables for Rosond’s latest drilling programme at the Sishen and Kolomela Mines of Anglo American’s Kumba Iron Ore. “ESD is a critical pillar of our preferential procurement, supplier diversity, supplier development and enterprise development policy, linked to our B-BBEE certification, whereby we seek to make a significant contribution to the transformation of South Africa,” adds Ribeiro. “While this contract is anticipated to continue for the next few

tions at Kumba Iron Ore with all its Boart Longyear requirements. “It was important for us and Rosond to find a local company that not only ascribes to our own values and business eth- ics, but that fits in with Anglo American’s policies as well,” points out Andre van Heerden, GM: Sales, Africa at Boart Longyear. 

Rosond drilling programme at Kolomela and Sishen.

HPE Africa expands with HX225SL tracked machines HPE Africa has extended its range of Hyundai HX series crawler excavators, with the addition recently of HX225SL tracked machines, that are now available throughout Southern Africa.

ditions,” states Ross Collard, managing director, HPE Africa, part of the Capital Equipment Group (CEG) of Invicta Holdings. “Operators need the assurance that con- struction machines consistently deliver on fast, reliable operation, with high fuel-effi- ciency and low maintenance requirements. Equipment must also be able to safely han- dle challenging tasks in difficult terrain. It is critical in the selection of capital equipment, that operators focus on matching the correct size machine to exact project requirements.” The HX series has advanced features for high work efficiency, including variable power control to ensure the highest perfor- mance in any operating environment and

The new eco-friendly HX300SL and HX220S crawler excavators, which were launched locally last year, are enhanced with the addition of the HX225SL series. “What’s significant about the HX series is the high-performance, turbocharged engine that delivers fuel-efficient fast cycle speeds and impressive power. The durability of these machines enables high productiv- ity, dependable performance and minimum downtime, even in arduous working con-

IPC (Intelligent Power Control) that allows the operator to easily select the correct mode on the monitor, to provide suitable power for each task.  The Hyundai HX300SL and HX220S crawler excavators have been enhanced with the addition of HX225SL tracked machines.

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