Modern Mining January 2024

SUPPLY CHAIN News

Tega Industries explores the future of minerals processing

Hägglunds Drives provides drive solution for RBCT stacker reclaimer Hägglunds Drives South Africa, a Bosch Rexroth Company, recently commenced with a retrofit project on the bucket wheel of a stacker reclaimer at Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT). The project, acquired via a tender process and realised late in 2022, entailed replacing a gearbox drive solution with a direct drive solution from Hägglunds Drives SA. Installation of the drive unit commenced at the end of August 2023 with commission ing conducted in late September. In addition to supplying the equipment, Hägglunds Drives SA’s scope of work involved fitting the motor to the main shaft of the bucket wheel and positioning the drive unit on the slew with all relevant piping installed. “While we were awarded the contract via tender,” says Ashley Mohun, Sales Engineer at Hägglunds Drives SA, “we have a long-standing relationship with RBCT, having provided solutions and services to them over the years.” 

Mining experts from across the continent recently attended a technical conclave hosted by minerals beneficiation supply specialist, Tega Industries. The event was aimed at sharing global research on the improvement of milling circuits and extend ing their viable lifespans. The conclave presented papers from experts across four continents and covered topics including optimisation and maintenance, innovations in mill liners and understanding the influ ence of design and operating variables on mill performance. This was the second Mineral Processing conclave hosted by Tega Industries in South Africa and underscores the com pany’s commitment to improving the

beneficiation process through research and development, as well as listening to the input of its many customers, and adapting to their unique needs. During the conclave the company made two significant announcements. First was its entrance into the equipment manufactur ing market with a full range of crushers, screens, feeders, dry/wet grinding mills, slurry pumps, thickeners, floatation cells, filter presses, scrubbers, mobile crushing and screening plants. And second, was the announcement of the introduction of hand lining services that will be available to all customers using the company’s advanced equipment for cold and hot bonding of lin ers to metal parts. 

Hägglunds Drives provides drive solution for RBCT stacker reclaimer.

Tega Industries recently held a technical conclave for the mining industry.

Bell and Overlooked Group hand over houses

Bell Equipment Sales South Africa (BESSA) and the Overlooked Group (OVL) joined the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality recently to hand over four houses that have been built for indigent families as part of an approved low-cost housing project in the Municipality’s eMzinoni area. OVL, a 100% black-owned diversified South African based resources company with vast experience in housing projects of this nature, facilitated and provided project management exper tise. BESSA provided over R1 million in funding for the project as part of its socio-economic development initiatives. In his address, Bell Equipment Group Chairman, Gary Bell, said: “Some people don’t realise that Bell Equipment is a fully South African company; our products are designed and built here from the ground up with our team of around 4 000 people. This type of project fits in well with what we do around the country. We work in hundreds of different regions and have many such projects.” 

Bell Equipment and Overlooked Group hand over houses in Bethal.

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