Modern Quarrying Q3 2023

DRILLING & BLASTING

MAXIMUM FRAGMENTATION AND MINIMUM OVERSIZE

Established as a sole propriety in 1994, Demwreck is a drilling and blasting company servicing the aggregate, cement and mining industries. In addition, it offers contract drilling and rock on ground services. The company started out with hand-held rock drills and pneumatic breakers. “We cut our teeth with air crawlers and compressors doing drilling, blasting and demolition,” says the Managing Member, Pieter Nel. “Today the company is using the most advanced hydraulic drill rigs and hydraulic rock breakers the market can offer and has become a major role player,” Nel tells Modern Quarrying.

D emwreck currently services 15 solutions. “Our client base ranges from corporate clients to privately owned mines and family operated ventures. We currently have a base of operations in seven of the nine provinces in South Africa, with past exposure into Africa as well,” Nel explains. The company does work for Raubex and its subsidiaries, Unitrans, Trollope, Lafarge, Afrimat, Sephaku Cement and various privately owned entities. quarries in South Africa by providing quality drilling and blasting

Keeping up with evolving technology For the past 29 years Demwreck has aimed to constantly improve with technology as it evolves. “We make it our business to keep our fleet up to date with the best and most modern machinery available in the global market,” says Nel. “We are a safety and maintenance driven company and our approach is to ensure the least possible amount of downtime on the clients’ site, as we understand that time is money.” Demwreck is currently the biggest fleet owner of Furukawa drill rigs in South Africa. “We also utilise Sandvik drill rigs in our fleet. The different drill rigs

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