September 2005
Liebherr dozers slash Newmart's fuel costs by 45% - Newmart Plant Contractors has slashed its dozer fuel bill on Lonmin's Mooinooi Rustenburg mine by 45% since putting two new Liebherr PR 734 B Litronic crawler tractor dozers into the field
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ADTs
Bell ADTs shine in Namibian rail-link project
Storbou, a Windhoek-based civil construction company, is using Bell articulated dump trucks (ADTs) on a contract forming part of the new rail link from Tsumeb to Oshikango
Cover Story
Liebherr dozers slash Newmart's fuel costs by 45%
Newmart Plant Contractors has slashed its dozer fuel bill on Lonmin's Mooinooi Rustenburg mine by 45% since putting two new Liebherr PR 734 B Litronic crawler tractor dozers into the field
Earthmoving
Cat cuts its teeth on new developments
the Cat K Series Tooth System and Mechanically-Attached Wear Plate System (MAWPS) are designed to increase machine performance and productivity while lowering owning and operating costs
Haul Roads
How to slash truck-haulage costs
Truck-haulage costs can account for up to 50% of the total operating costs incurred by a surface mine
Locomotives
Breathing new life into old coaches
The SARCC is in the midst of an extensive coach refurbishment and upgrade programme
Shovels
Largest shovel in Africa
Jwaneng recently acquired its largest hydraulic shovel to date: a 38m3 bucket capacity Komatsu PC8000-6
Maintenance 'first' on hydraulic shovel
Boschmanskrans has successfully used an innovative maintenance procedure to replace the slew ring of the older of the mine's two largest Komatsu hydraulic shovels
