Modern Quarrying Q3 2019

CRUSHING: • Sandvik D-907 HD Jaw crusher • Sandvik H3000 EC cone crusher • Pilot Crushtec AC 07 VSI

SCREENING: • BDM Plant • Svedala MNS 30012134 triple-deck (Screen 1) • Sandvik SF 1843 triple-deck (Screen 2) • Joest screen (Washing screen) • Ag Lime plant • Pilot Crushtec Trio TD 6118 triple-deck • Mobiles • Terex Finlay 683 screens

With that in mind, efficiency is sought in every sense of the word at SPH Kundalila’s Bridgetown Dolomite Mine. The Cape Town- based quarry mainly produces metallurgical dolomite for Saldanha Steel, as well as agricultural lime and construction aggregates.

single operational process, but paying attention to the production process as a whole, all the way from blasting and drilling, load and haul, to crushing and screening. Adopting new technologies can also set new levels of operational efficiency at quarry sites.

construction projects in South Africa. To survive and mine profitably during such a low growth cycle, quarry owners need to capitalise on the opportunity to improve their productivity and focus on one factor they can control: efficiency. Operational efficiency cannot be achieved by focusing on a

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