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November 2016MODERN MINING51
PRODUCT News
CDE Global, which says it is the largest wet
processing equipment manufacturer in
the world, has established a South African
office (CDE South Africa (Pty) Ltd) and
appointed Nicolan Govender as Regional
Manager for Southern Africa.
The African continent has high infra-
structural demands and the materials
washing solutions CDE develops are said
to be ideal for quarrying and mining sec-
tors supplying the construction market.
CDE claims that the environmental ben-
efits of using its equipment are significant,
not the least of which is that up to 90 % of
the water is recycled when a wet process-
ing washing plant is combined with a CDE
AquaCycle water recovery system.
A typical sand washing operation uses a
minimum of a hundred thousand litres per
hour, which is basically clean water being
converted into waste water and then
pumped or piped away into a settling dam,
at which point it exits the washing system.
With a CDE AquaCycle, most of this waste
water is recycled for immediate reuse by
the customer.
eDART, South Africa’s specialist slurry valve
manufacturer, and Afrivalve have joined
forces in order to offer a greater range of
valves suited to the mining, heavy industry,
water and power sectors. “We are better
placed as a collective to service the valve
requirements of these industries which will
enable customers to source their products
from a ‘one-stop-shop’ facility,” says Greg
Hopton, Group Marketing Manager for
Afrivalve, which will be representing all the
eDART brands.
“A key complaint from project houses is
the scattered source of supply for the wide
range of valve technologies needed, mak-
ing it also a cumbersome exercise for valve
manufacturers to meet all the specifica-
tions on large contracts from one source.
Due to the synergy between eDART and
Afrivalve, it made complete sense to refine
and streamline our operations in order to
meet the demand for quality valve prod-
ucts to the project houses and our joint
customer base,” states Hopton.
“As a result, we will be moving into our
new premises in Kya Sands, Johannesburg.
CDE Global establishes SA office
An AquaCycle thickener in combination with a
M2500 washing plant.
Working with a world-class engineering
team, Govender has recently sold a com-
plete bespoke plant in NorthWest Province
for a waste dump recovery operation. The
customer, a local mining operator, will
now use the new CDE state-of-the-art wet
processing installation to produce a high
specification product.
The plant comprises a M4500 sand
washing plant equipped with two Infinity
fine screens and an EvoWash, running in
synergy with a water-saving AquaCycle
water recovery system.
CDE, website:
Companies join forces to supply valves
We hope to relocate to the new facility
early in 2017 and the premises will encom-
pass over 2 500 square metres of factory
and office space.”
eDART was established in 2004 and
says it is a market leader in the manufac-
ture of specialist slurry control valves and
associated specialist equipment to the
mining and related industries. The com-
pany believes its C-Tech knife gate valves,
manufactured 100 % locally in South Africa
by eDART, are well suited to the challenges
of the local market.
“eDART’s C-Tech valve, formerly known
as the Controltech knife gate valve, has
been on the market for many years and has
been sold successfully into many mining
and industrial applications,” says Hopton.
Afrivalve, which was launched in 2015,
will be responsible for the promotion of
the eDART range of products, including
the C-Tech valves (which have been suc-
cessfully installed in mining and industrial
applications in South Africa, Botswana,
Zambia, the DRC and Namibia).
Greg Hopton, Afrivalve, tel (+27 11) 791-1411.