Babcock’s Tim Ward targets market share growth and customer success
Following his recent appointment as MD of Babcock’s Equipment business, Tim Ward has placed market share growth for the BULL […]
December 9, 2025
Marking a new chapter
Burgers Equipment and Spares has marked a new chapter with a distributorship agreement with XCMG. Effective March 2025, the partnership allows the established yellow metal equipment supplier to distribute the full range of XCMG equipment throughout South Africa. At a launch event attended by Quarrying Africa on October 23, 2025, the company showcased a wide range of XCMG equipment at its Pomona, Kempton Park facility, with one of the major highlights being the Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) wheel loader. By Munesu Shoko.
Setting new quarrying standards
To ensure profitable operations in a generally low-margin construction materials market, Vryburg-based Northwest Crushers has, over the years, put continuous improvement at the centre of its operations to enhance efficiency, productivity, safety and environmental sustainability through a combination of optimisation initiatives and capital investments. Munesu Shoko was recently on site and filed this report.