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In the quest for increased cost efficiency and productivity, there is a deliberate migration from traditional dump trucks to construction-type mining trucks at some of the local quarrying and surface mining operations. With the arrival of its new Volvo FMX – which sets a new payload benchmark, thanks to its ground-breaking 38-tonne (t) bogie which allows for a gross combination weight of up to 150 t – Volvo Trucks South Africa has the right tool to further entrench the trend, writes Munesu Shoko.

Leading Mauritian construction materials supplier, The United Basalt Products (UBP), has taken delivery of four new Cat 950L wheel loaders from Scomat, the Cat dealer in the country. UBP becomes the first recipient of the L Series medium wheel loaders on the island. By Munesu Shoko.

On the back of immense growth potential for the aggregates industry in Africa in the years ahead – driven by the huge need for infrastructure, housing and other social facilities, underpinned by population growth – the Global Aggregates Information Network (GAIN™) is on a drive to grow its membership on the continent. By Jim O’Brien, convenor of GAIN.