August 2006
A Volvo EC 460 hydraulic excavator preparing to load at B&E International's Willow Quarry in Pretoria. Babcock Equipment has supplied a number of Volvo front-end loaders and EC460 hydraulic excavators to B&E International. The crushing/mining contractor selected Volvo after conducting extensive local research, which highlighted the equipment's cost efficient operation combined with high availability
Features
Electra Mining is the largest mining show on the African continent. And, as usual, the show will not disappoint, as a number of the companies featured in these pages will be displaying their new products at the show at Nasrec
B&E International, a contract crushing and mining company has a total plant fleet of some 150 units of major capital equipment. Richard Till, B&E International's plant director, explains that the company has recently extended its fleet with the acquisition of a consignment of Volvo front end loaders and EC460 hydraulic excavators supplied by Babcock Equipment, the exclusive Volvo dealer for southern and South Africa
Bobcat Equipment South Africa supplies a range of versatile earthmoving and utility equipment to companies wuch Budget DIY. The East London building-materials distributor was so impressed with its first S130 skid-steer loader that it has acquired a second. Bobcat Rental South Africa has supplied a T3571 telehandler to the construction team busy with the 515-m-long tunnel being bored under the Durban harbour mouth
Femco Mining Motors, an electric-motor service provider and original equipment manufacturer has been bought by Marthinusen and Coutts (M&C). M&C, in turn, has a long history as a leader in the industrial electric motor repair business. The buy-out has merged two companies with complimentary qualities into a new stronger entity
Komatsu Southern Africa's Processing Equipment division has introduced a 100 to 400 tons an hour Komatsu mobile jaw crusher. The trend in crushing has been a move away from large static installations towards the more versatile units. The new BR 550JG crusher has some outstanding features that will guarantee its success in the local surface mining and quarrying industry
Also in the edition:
New Waloni belt-training equipment
Case's addition to its skid steer range
A 'floating' tracked Volvo mini excavator
A rough terrain Manitou forklift excels
New 25 - 35 HP range of Briggs & Stratton engines
