Modern Quarrying Q1 2025

South Africa’s road maintenance boom demands high-performing crushing plants, backed by reliable aftermarket support.

CRUSHING AND SCREENING

SANDVIK AND S&R RAISE BAR IN SUPPORT OF AGGREGATE CRUSHING

the aggregate and construction segments. He argues that a signif icant hurdle facing South Africa’s road construction projects is the distance between work sites and established quarries. “Many of these roads are in rural areas, far from cities or established quarries,” he explains. “In these scenarios, you don’t have the luxury of transporting aggregate over long distances. You need to take the plant to the closest material deposit available to the site.” This makes mobile crushing units indispensable, he notes. With their ability to be deployed directly at the project location, mobile crushers eliminate the need for long haul transport of materials, saving on time and costs. At the same time, he says, contractors and opera tors need high levels of support in remote locations, so their equip ment choice has to prioritise the capability of OEMs. “Aftermarket services are not

With an uptick in South Africa’s road maintenance programme, there is growing pressure on crushing plants to perform productively, and this means quality aftermarket support.

In these scenarios, you don’t have the luxury of transporting aggregate over long distances. You need to take the plant to the closest material deposit available to the site.

F or Stephen Smith, Managing Member of S&R Enterprises, quality support is the key to meeting daily customer demands while ensuring the lowest total cost of ownership. Active as a crusher specialist for more than 12 years,

Centurion-based S&R Enterprises was recently appointed as a distributor for Sandvik Rock Processing. Smith, who has over 20 years of experience in the sector, says the agreement focuses on sta tionery and mobile crushing and screening equipment – focused on

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