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PRODUCT News
52 MODERN MININGOctober 2016
Smaller independent quarries and con-
crete recycling operations in Africa and
the Middle East are quickly responding to
a high demand for construction materi-
als by using Trio® crushing and screening
equipment.
JD Singleton, General Manager respon-
sible for Trio® products at Weir
Minerals Africa, says these mar-
kets need equipment that can
be deployed rapidly to take full
advantage of infrastructure and
private property developments
underway in their immediate
surroundings.
“All the crushers and screens in
the Trio® range can be mounted
on skids doing away with the
need for large civil related infra-
structure to support these plants,”
Singleton says. “Furthermore,
all the common models of jaw
crushers, cone crushers, grizzly
and belt feeders, vertical shaft impact
crushers, horizontal shaft impact crushers,
conveyor sections and hoppers are kept
in stock in Johannesburg. This allows us
to service the market with very short lead
times, if not same day delivery.”
The company’s products are also cost
competitive and easy to maintain on
site, two more traits that are driving an
increasing installed base of Trio® crushers
and screens operating throughout Africa
and the Middle East. All the products are
serviced by a specialist roaming product
support team with extensive experience
in the crushing and screening field.
However, it is also Weir Minerals Africa’s
strong presence in the mining regions on
the continent and the Middle East that
is driving the growth of these solutions.
Singleton says the company is investing
significantly into augmenting technical
after-sales support and infrastructure in
these growth areas.
“These operations are very aware of the
prominent role that we have played in the
formal mining industry for many years, and
Trio® range helps materials suppliers meet demand
A modular Trio® TC36 cone crusher and Trio® modular screens in a
South African aggregate plant.
understand the value we are able to bring
to their operations,” he says.
Weir Minerals Africa is currently com-
missioning a 300 t/h sand and aggregate
production plant in Zambia. The proj-
ect was undertaken from Weir Minerals
Africa’s branch in Kitwe which supports
the many mines operating in the country’s
Copperbelt. Specialist product support
staff for Trio® machines are strategically
based at the company’s Akitas branch
to service the area. Increased demand
for cobalt is further driving growth
opportunities.
While the demand for aggregate and
sand production continues to grow,
Rasheel Sukdhoe, Product Manager for
Trio® crushers at Weir Minerals Africa,
says Trio® solutions are also being used
in concrete recycling and slag processing
operations.
Trio® products can easily be commis-
sioned on building and landfill sites, as well
as on mine waste rock dumps where their
robust designs are leveraged to produce
quality building material in these notori-
ously arduous applications.
Sukdhoe says that since acquiring the
Trio® group of companies in 2014, Weir
Minerals has been investing significantly
into enhancing the offering.
This is reflected by the launch of the
Trio® TP range of cone crushers which
incorporates a higher pivot point thus pro-
vidingmore crushing action and increasing
the percentage product passing the closed
side setting (CSS). “The design features
a steep crushing chamber angle, a large
crushing stroke and optimum speed to
deliver a finer product through increased
inter-particle comminution,”Sukdhoe says.
Rene Calitz, Weir Minerals Africa, tel (+27 11) 929-2622
JB Switchgear supplies
Elandsfontein project
JB Switchgear Solutions was recently awarded
a contract by DRA in Cape Town for the design,
manufacture and supply of numerous boards,
variable speed drives and soft starters destined
for the Elandsfontein phosphate mine project,
currently being developed by Elandsfontein
Exploration and Mining (EEM) at a site located
near Saldanha in the Western Cape.
The project is supported technically
and financially by EEM’s major shareholder
Phosfanatia International.
In this instance, JB Switchgear supplied its
proven and IEC 61439 certified Eagle series of
motor control centres.
Johan Basson, JB Switchgear, tel (+27 11) 027-5804