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January 2016
MODERN MINING
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PRODUCT News
Granite producer adds
fourth Terex truck to its fleet
Terex Trucks, a division of Volvo Construction Equipment, has supplied
Davis Granite with its fourth rigid dump truck after its existing trucks
proved their value, working at granite aggregate quarries in Bulawayo
and Harare, Zimbabwe.
Leading Zimbabwean granite aggregate producer Davis Granite
has recently added a TR45 to its fleet of four Terex Trucks rigid haulers.
Now operating at its Bulawayo and Harare mines, the fleet includes
two TR45s and two TR60s. The machines are hauling approximately
80 000 tonnes per month of stone products, 12 hours a day, five days a
week, with the robust TR45 maximumpayload of 41 tonnes reportedly
proving ideal for the job at the Bulawayo quarry.
Headquartered in Bulawayo, Davis Granite has been in the business
for over half a century handling the extraction, production and supply
of stone, builders aggregate and sand for road building and other civil
applications throughout Zimbabwe. As the nation’s largest producer
of granite aggregates, Davis Granite depends on Terex Trucks rigid
dump trucks to haul its high-quality stone from the pit to the crusher.
The addition of the second TR45 will increase productivity and uptime
for the company’s Bulawayo operation.
“We have operated Terex Trucks rigid haulers for three years and
they consistently deliver a powerful and reliable performance,” said
Ben Louw, Group Production Director at Davis Granite. “When looking
to purchase a new truck for our Bulawayo quarry, we were confident
that an additional TR45 would be a safe bet once again.”
Davis Granite has operational quarries in Bulawayo, Harare,
Hwange, Marondera and Gweru, as well as a mobile mining con-
tracting and crushing plant which can be installed as per customer
requirements for larger orders.
“We’ve foundTerex Trucks rigid haulers to be reliable and cost-effec-
tive, with very little downtime and offering good fuel efficiency,” said
Ken Gerrard, Chief Executive of Davis Granite Group.“What we particu-
larly like about working with Terex Trucks is the excellent support that
is available within Zimbabwe and regionally in South Africa, and this
was really what made Terex Trucks stand out from the competition.”
The Terex Trucks range in Southern Africa is now being mar-
keted and supported by Babcock, which was appointed as the
dealer last year. Babcock is also the Southern African dealer for Volvo
Construction Equipment.
Babcock, tel (+27 11) 230-7340
A Terex truck hauls a load up a ramp at one of Davis Granite’s quarries.