Modern Mining January 2023

SUPPLY CHAIN News

Doosan to introduce new global brand at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023

Crane manufacturer, Condra, has com pleted a 32-ton, 30-metre span container handling crane for Manganese Metal Company (MMC), the Mbombela-based metal refinery. The purpose of the crane is to allow MMC to offload and load full containers from and onto either railway wagons or road transport trucks, allowing it to export product without interruption using multiple transport options. MMC produces selenium-free man ganese metal used in the production of aluminium beverage cans, certain types of special steels, chemicals, welding con sumables and lithium-based rechargeable batteries. Condra won the contract for MMC’s container crane after competing against Equipment supplier Doosan will introduce the company’s new global brand and logo, as well as several new products at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023, which takes place from 14-18 March 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The company’s new name and logo will integrate new brand values and its com mitment to creating smart construction solutions of tomorrow. “Fans of our current offerings will be delighted that the equipment will remain unchanged and continue to deliver the powerful, reliable, solutions admired world wide,” says Alice Banach, senior marketing manager, Doosan Infracore North America. The Doosan exhibit (F9153) in the out door Festival Grounds area will showcase a sampling of the company’s full line of construction equipment, the exclusive Transparent Bucket for Doosan wheel load ers, a battery-powered engine and several new machines, including the company’s dozer line. Cutting-edge technologies such as Concept-X demonstrations, safety features and electrification will be featured. The Doosan exhibit will showcase autonomous equipment, the new Smart X-Care™ fleet management service and the topography scanning drone Concept-X XiteCloud. The Concept-X autonomous worksite will feature three live demonstrations each day, along with other new products. First

Doosan to showcase its line of construction equipment at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023.

exhibited in 2019 with an autonomous Doosan® wheel loader and excavator, Concept-X is a smart control solution to tomorrow’s worksites. It can survey work site topography via 3D drone scanning,

establish operational plans based on that data, and operate heavy construction equipment such as excavators, wheel load ers and articulated dump trucks without human intervention. 

New yard crane for Mpumalanga refinery

rivals. A turnkey proposal, short lead time, effective after-sales service and very low projected overall lifetime cost were among the reasons for the win. Condra’s turnkey solution includes the crane itself, down shop conductor system, the design, supply and erection of the crane’s 43metre free-standing gantry, and calculations for foundations laid by an inde pendent civils contractor. The 32-ton double-girder electric overhead travelling crane will be used in the open. It features weather covers on all motors, anti-derailment brackets, and Condra’s patented storm brakes to guard against movement caused by high winds. MMC’s gant ry was del ivered on December 5 th , with the crane to follow in the second week of January 2023. 

MMC’s crane under load test at Condra’s Germiston factory.

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