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MODERN MINING
May 2017
EQUIPMENT
M
ore than 100 customers –
some from as far afield as
Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mo-
zambique – were on hand
to witness the introduction
of the machines. The guests were addressed
by Roger O’Callaghan, CEO of Babcock In-
ternational Group’s African operations, and
David Vaughan, Managing Director of Bab-
cock’s equipment business.
This is the first time that the two machines
will be available for purchase in South Africa
following their unveiling at the Bauma exhi-
bition in Germany last year. The A60H and
EC950E are available in Southern Africa
through Babcock, the sole regional distributor
of Volvo Construction Equipment in the region.
Vaughan says that Babcock is fully prepared
for the roll-out of the A60H and EC950E. Volvo
teams from Sweden and Korea have completed
intensive sales and technical training with
Babcock staff in South Africa, while Babcock
has ensured that there is sufficient availability
of Volvo spare parts and other related elements
Top-of-the-range
Volvo machines
Centre:
The brand new
A60H (on the left) pictured
with the established A40G
hauler.
Below:
Visitors at the
launch view the two new
machines (with the third
machine on display at the
far left being a Volvo A40G
hauler).
Volvo Construction Equipment’s much-anticipated 60-ton
A60H articulated dump truck and 90-tonne EC950E crawler
excavator, the biggest articulated dump truck in the world
and the largest excavator that Volvo has ever produced
respectively, were officially launched in South Africa in early
May at Babcock’s state-of-the-art Middelburg facility.
such as the larger specialised tyres that the
A60H utilises.
He adds that Babcock has partnered with
local vendors to develop solutions for the
aftermarket for both machines such as fire
suppression, automatic greasing and collision
avoidance systems.
In preparation for the roll-out, Babcock has
been appointed as an accredited Allison trans-
mission service dealer to be able to undertake