PRODUCT News
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MODERN MINING
May 2014
Crushtek Mining recently took delivery of
a Sandvik UD211 heavy-duty integrated
crushing and screening unit for use in its
Zambian operation.
The product is in effect a complete
mobile crushing plant – a combination of
grizzly feeder, jaw crusher, cone crusher
and triple deck screen contained in a sin-
gle, compact trailer.
Wayne Warren, Africa Sales Manager
for Sandvik’s Southern Africa distributor,
Pilot Crushtec International, says the deal
was concluded following a demonstra-
Mobile crushing plant for Zambian operation
tion of the product working in a mining
application.
“Crushtek was looking for a powerful
crushing solution for a major new project
and the one-stop features of the UD211,
combined with its past experience of
our sales and support, made it a natural
choice.”
The Sandvik UD211 has been designed
The heavy-duty Sandvik UD211 integrated crushing and
screening unit
to process a diverse range of materials,
including granite, quartzite, basalt, sand-
stone and iron ore. Crushtek’s machine is
the latest addition to its existing fleet of
Pilot Crushtec International equipment
which includes a Pilot Modular GFH560
grizzly feeder and a Pilot Modular DD2412
screen.
Pilot Crushtec, tel (+27 11) 842-5600
Specialty chemicals group LANXESS has
appointed Protea Mining Chemicals, a
division of the Omnia Group, to provide
technical, sales and distribution services,
effective from March 2014, into sub-Saha-
ran Africa. The LANXESS products covered
by the agreement are the Lewatit ion
exchange resins and Lewabrane reverse
osmosis membranes.
According to Duilio Rossoni, Sales
Director for Sub-Sahara Africa at the
Protea to market LANXESS products
LANXESS business unit Liquid Purification
Technologies (LPT), the strategic partner-
ship will assist LANXESS in optimising its
sales into sub-Saharan Africa. The part-
nership with Protea Mining Chemicals
will ensure customers are served with the
necessary technical and logistical support
and that the new application development
plans for LPT products are sufficiently
resourced.
LANXESS SA, tel (+27 11) 457-4000
