May 2014
MODERN MINING
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CRUSHING, SCREENING
AND MILLING
ture
manufacturer of abrasion and wear-resistant
products for mining, and Losugen of Australia,
an engineering company specialising in wear
components, again primarily for the mining
industry. As Gautam says, the acquisitions in
South Africa, Chile and Australia have helped
transform Tega into a truly global player in the
mining supply industry.
The South African operation handles the sale
and support of Tega products throughout the
southern African region – roughly everywhere
south of the equator – and offices are main-
tained in Chingola in Zambia and Kolwezi in
Katanga in the DRC, which between them ser-
vice the important Central African Copperbelt
region. Clients of Tega Industries South Africa
include most of the major mining houses, as
well as many mid-tier and junior miners. Says
Gautam: “We are by no means the biggest sup-
plier in the markets in which we operate but we
do believe we are steadily increasing our mar-
ket share. Most importantly, we are maintaining
our customer base and we have not lost a major
client over the past two years.”
The South African company, which employs
around 160 people, is headed by Fernando
Monteiro, who joined Tega Industries South
Africa in 2012 as MD. He has made a number
of key appointments that will take the local
operation forward and which have trans-
formed it from a generalist type of business
(which Beruc was) into a modern, specialist,
efficient manufacturing and marketing organ-
isation with a global outlook but with its roots
in South Africa. The company, incidentally,
has a Level 5 BBBEE rating but is aiming to
achieve Level 4 within 18 months.
Outlining Tega Industries South Africa’s
strategy, Gautam says the company is
positioning itself as a supplier
of ‘Total Solutions’. “Given
o u r d e s i g n a n d
manufacturing
capability,
a n d o u r
extensive
R&D facili-
ties, we are able
to develop customised
solutions which are based
on our analysis of a customer’s
operation,” says Gautam. ”Generally, we
are able to deliver significant improvements in
performance, which in turn translate into cost
savings. In the case of mill liners, which are our
biggest selling product line, the effects can be
quite dramatic measured in terms of the reduc-
tion of mill liner cost per tonne of grind. Milling
is at the heart of any processing operation and
any improvements in efficiency impact on the
performance of the entire processing plant.”
Tega’s primary lining product is its rubber
mill liner, which – says the company – provides
optimal grinding solutions in applications
such as secondary milling. The fastening sys-
tem is very efficient with Tega reinforced lifters
having an integrated (vulcanised) aluminum
channel to accommodate the fixing clamp. Non-
reinforced Tega lifter bars are installed with
detachable steel clamps which can slide inside
the groove on the lifter base and be bolted to the
mill shell. Tega’s lining bolt attachment systems
are compatible with conventional attachments
for rubber liners used in grinding mills.
For more demanding applications, including
primary milling, Tega can offer rubber metal
composite liners such as its metal-embed-
ded PM mill lining system. The metal can be
Tega’s rubber panel
for coarse and medium
screening applications.
