Modern Mining July 2025

SUPPLY CHAIN NEWS

Werner Pumps expands industrial jetting and vacuuming business

Repeat customers are a sign that you’re doing something right, according to George Jolly, National Sales Manager at Werner Pumps, leading local manufacturer of high-pressure jetting and vacuuming equipment. “Beyond bringing us repeat business, these customers also become partners in helping us improve our offering and ensuring we meet all their needs,” he says. One such customer for Werner Pumps is Bonginkosi Nyawo, CEO of AB Sambane – a company that offers specialised industrial vacuum cleaning services, high-pressure cleaning, spill response, and industrial drain cleaning and maintenance, among other things. “Since 2017, Bongi has bought four Werner Indlovu 12500l Liquid Ring Vacuum trucks and one Werner Impi 12500l Combi Vac Jet Truck,” says Jolly. “These are being used at South 32 Hillside Aluminium in Richards Bay (the largest aluminium smelter in the southern

Werner Pumps are designed to handle the industrial waste streams at smelters,” he says. “They are very durable and powerful, which makes the work easier and ensures reliability for my clients and I. The Werner Indlovu 12500l Vacuum Truck is a wet and dry vacuum unit. It allows me to vacuum a range of different waste streams with ease.” n

hemisphere) and Mozal in Mozambique. He also undertakes ad hoc work at Richards Bay Minerals. Nyawo adds that the units are being used for vacuum cleaning of bath and coke waste on conveyor systems, furnaces, pots and sumps in the smelter, and for spill response within the plant. “The vacuum trucks I purchased from

Beltcon 2025 scheduled for early August Beltcon, a leading conveyor event in Africa, taking place from 6-7 August at Emperors Palace, has an impressive line-up of international and local speakers, including keynote speaker, Chris Wheeler, Professor at University of Newcastle, Australia, speaking on the topic ‘Research Innovations’, Andrew Jennings, President of Conveyor Dynamics, USA and Simon Curry, committee member of the South African Institute of Materials Handling. The conference is organised by a dedicated committee from the South African conveyor industry and is set to appeal to decision makers, designers, engineers, manufacturers and constructors in the sphere of belt conveying. Delegates are treated to an exclusive showcase of bulk materials handling equipment and services displayed by companies that are leaders in the industry. n

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