Mining – Move it magazine

29th September 202029th September 2020

Mammoet completes Africa’s heaviest ever equipment transport

Mammoet has moved Kenmare Resources plc’s mining plant from its previous mining area at Namalope to Pilivili, a new high-grade ore zone at the Moma Mine, in Mozambique. The transport consisted of a Wet Concentrator Plant (known as WCP B) and its dredge. To date, it is the heaviest piece of mining equipment to be …

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24th March 202024th March 2020

Terex Trucks’ brave in extreme Siberian conditions

For the last eight years, four Terex Trucks TA400 articulated haulers have been working at the Arpatsky coal mine situated in eastern Siberia, Russia. The dump trucks, offering a maximum payload of 38 tonnes, are transporting coal and overburden, working up to 22 hours a day. During winter, when temperatures can get as low as …

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13th January 202015th January 2020

New oil refinery project in Algeria

Algerian Sonatrach has signed a contract with Tecnicas Reunidas & Samsung Engineering Group for the construction of the Hasse Messaoud oil refinery to be built at Haoud El Hamra. Its processing capacity will be 5 million tonnes per year. The Spanish contractor and the South Korean company will be responsible for executing the engineering, procurement, …

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13th December 201915th January 2020

Terex Trucks boosts its position in Algeria

The Algerian economy is heavily dependent on revenues from oil exports. However, the low oil and gas prices of the last few years have weighted on the country’s economic performance. To reduce its dependence on oil, the Algerian government aims to diversify into non-oil sectors such as construction, to drive private and foreign investments. This …

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20th June 2018

Magna M-Terrain tyres selected for an important copper mine site in DRC

Congo Retread & Tyre, an exclusive Magna Tyres distributor in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was engaged to supply heavy duty machinery tyres for the construction of one of the largest copper mine sites in the country. Selected for a test period, the 29.5R25 Magna M-Terrain tyres for articulated dump trucks benefit from the suitability …

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22nd May 201822nd May 2018

Extraordinary mining equipment transport in Kenya

The Bolloré Logistics Industrial Projects team in Kenya was contracted by a mining company Base Titanium Limited to provide customs clearance and Out of Gauge transportation for a massive piece of mining equipment from the port of Mombasa to the client’s site in Kwale, located approximately 53 km. Due to the size, the Projects Team …

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