Modern Quarrying Q2 2021

LiuGong’s recent successes in the mainstream mining industry are being replicated in the local quarrying sector.

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Having already proved itself in the arduousmining sector over the years, LiuGong has recentlymade major strides in its quest to gain a strong foothold in the local quarrying industry. With several high-profile aggregates companies taking delivery of LiuGong excavators andwheel loaders in recent times, Burgers Equipment &Spares, the sole LiuGong dealer in South Africa, believes that the brand hasmade amajor breakthrough into the sector, writesMunesu Shoko . LIUGONG’S BIG BREAKTHROUGH INTO THE QUARRYING SECTOR

T hat the LiuGong brand has established itself as a major force in the mainstream mining industry in South Africa is no overstatement. The tough nature of this Chinese-made product, complemented by strong backup support from Burgers Equipment & Spares, has been central to the brand’s strong penetration into mining. The brand’s success, initially in the coal industry, has been followed by recent milestone deliveries into other commodities such as chrome. To provide context, a large contractor operating in coal has been running LiuGong machines for the past 10 years, and to date has over 100 machines in its fleet.

In a major development for the brand in its quest to further grow its footprint in the hard rock mining sector in South Africa, Burgers Equipment & Spares last year deliv- ered 11 856H wheel loaders to a contract mining joint ven- ture for use in a chrome handling application. The fleet has recently been bolstered with more wheel loaders this year, which is testimony to the contractor’s seal of approval for LiuGong in this tough application. These successes in the mainstream mining industry, says Tiaan Burger, MD of Burgers Equipment & Spares, are being replicated in the local quarrying industry, where LiuGong fleets of excavators and wheel loaders are hard at work on some major construction material suppliers’ sites.

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MODERN QUARRYING QUARTER 2 - 2021