Modern Mining January 2025

World’s strongest land based crane passes test programme Transport and lifting specialist, Mammoet, has officially completed testing the SK6000 – the world’s strongest land based crane. This process - overseen by maritime classification services organisation Lloyd’s Register, certifies the crane’s safe operation to its specification. Testing was carried out at Mammoet’s Westdorpe facility in the Netherlands over the last three months. The tests covered the maximum extents of all load charts for the crane, for all main mast configurations, from shortest (127m) to longest (171m). At its most strenuous, the process tested the crane to a maximum load moment of 520 000 tonne meters. This is well over one and a half times greater than the rated load moment of the SK350 - which was previously the world’s MEICS delivers Mogale Tailings Retreatment Project Specialist multi-disciplined industrial construction company, MEI Construction & Services (MEICS), played a key role in the successful completion of the Mogale Tailings Retreatment Project as the main contractor for the SMPP and EC&I Works. The scope of the project included the fabrication and delivery of steelwork and platework to site, the installation of all material and equipment as well as assisting the client with commissioning. Discussing the importance of the project, MEICS said that from the outset every effort was made to expedite fabrication and mobilise critical resources to the site, while continuously assessing risks, implementing controls and measuring the effectiveness of controls. Further to this, MEICS transferred skills and experience to local labour to benefit the host community. MEICS services and expertise MEICS offers SMPP and EC&I construction solutions in the mining, power, energy, petrochemical, solar, paper, sugar and steel sectors. “Our strength lies in providing multi disciplined solutions including structural steel fabrication and installation, platework

Mammoet officially completed testing the SK6000 – the world’s strongest land-based crane.

parallel and enhance the efficiency of assembly phases. The SK6000 will now be boomed down and containerised, ready for shipping to its first project in early 2025. n

strongest land-based crane. The SK6000 helps Mammoet’s customers across the energy sector to build on a larger scale than ever before, using modularised construction techniques to build in

Another multi-disciplined project coming together.

Finalizing all trades for cold-commissioning.

fabrication and installation, mechanical installation, piping fabrication and installation, electrical installation, control and instrumentation installation. We are focused on enabling our clients to achieve a return on investment by ensuring that we deliver quality construction that beats the schedule and budget without harm to people or the environment,” the company said. MEICS is a CIDB Level 9 company accredited to ISO 9001, ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 3834-2

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