Modern Mining October 2017

LOADERS, EXCAVATORS AND TRUCKS

Boosting mining productivity with Scania’s new heavy tipper

Recently on show at the Futuroad Expo in Nasrec near Johannesburg was Scania’s new G460 heavy tipper with its 40-ton payload capacity – hailed as a cost-effective alternative in many mining applications to the industry’s traditional ‘yellowmetal’ machines.

He also emphasised that Scania has about 3 000 of its various other truck models serving the mining industry in different ways, so the brand awareness and confidence among cus- tomers is already well established. “The main adjustment for our target markets is for them to see the value of an alternative to the traditional yellow machines,” said Friberg. The heavy tipper delivers a high equip- ment-to-payload ratio in any type of mining environment, boasting a 25 % payload increase. The positive brand image that Scania’s range of truck offerings already has among customers in mining has allowed the company to con- tinue rolling out its broad transport solution to mines, said Ruben Govender, key account man- ager mining at Scania. “In addition to the baseload of Scania products in the sector, our comprehensive infrastructure around Africa allows custom- ers to rest assured that support and parts are always available,” said Govender. “Scania’s modular design and component philoso- phy also allows greater interchangeability of components, and a 95 % immediate parts availability; these factors all contribute to high uptime, longer vehicle life and lower total cost of ownership.” Scania has for some time been building its technical capacity in terms of mining, and now employs over 40 specialised mining experts around the world, with 16 in its head office in Sweden; they provide a support function in the design and construction of the various heavy tipper configurations – ensuring that these meet customer needs. According to Scania key account manager mining Charnie-Lee Adams-Kruger, Southern Africa has been one of the key focus markets for Scania Global Mining since 2015 – a move that demonstrates Scania’s intent to become much more involved in the potential of the region’s wide range of mineral opportunities. “Already, our heavy tippers have been well received in this market, with one of our cus- tomers – a contractor at a zinc mine in southern Namibia – running the Scania G410 8 x 4 tip- per for more than 11 000 hours to date,” said Adams-Kruger. “Another success story has been a leading quarry company in South Africa

“ T his Scania solution will compete well with its yel- low metal competitors in terms of its lower acquisi- tion costs, lower mainte- nance costs, fuel economy, performance, driv- ing speed and shorter tipping cycles,” said Anders Friberg, general manager vehicle sales and export at Scania South Africa. Friberg said the robust new model, specially developed for optimised performance in the toughest mining conditions, builds on the suc- cess of the G410 CB 8 x 4 EHZ model – about 30 units of which are already operational in Southern African mining and quarrying pits. “With the mining sector under huge cost pressures and plagued by considerable uncertainty at the moment, we are excited to introduce this new 8 x 4 mining truck,” he said. “We believe strongly that its cost and performance benefits allow it to com- pete head-on with the yellow machines that have traditionally dominated this sector. As mines look for innovative options to raise productivity, we think the market is ready for something different and more cost-effective.”

Scania’s local mining team: Anders Friberg (centre), general manager vehicle sales and export at Scania South Africa, with key ac- count managers for mining Charnie-Lee Adams-Kruger (left) and Ruben Govender (right).

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