The IQSA Conference, an annual staple on the local quarrying sector’s calendar, returns on April 3-4, 2025 in Durban, South Africa. Ahead of the event, Quarrying Africa speaks to some of the members of the supply chain about a number of new trends they have identified in the quarrying sector and how the industry can navigate the changing landscape. By Munesu Shoko.
Having taken delivery of its first Liebherr TA 230 articulated dump truck (ADT) in November 2023, a leading construction, plant hire and contract mining company based in Limpopo province, South Africa, has rapidly grown its fleet to four, becoming the second-largest TA 230 operator in southern Africa. By Munesu Shoko.
With over 35% of Volvo Construction Equipment’s total product range renewed during the past 12 months, marking the last step in the company’s largest product portfolio renewal in decades, is its ‘biggest and boldest’ articulated hauler launch to date. With advanced technologies at the centre of its development, the seven-model range casts a special design focus on productivity, efficiency, uptime, safety and operator comfort. Munesu Shoko recently attended the official launch at the company’s Braås factory and filed this report for Quarrying Africa.
Amid a steady move towards the concept of intelligent drilling, Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions brought its first Sandvik DR412i rotary blasthole drill into Africa some two years ago. A radical upgrade of the previous KS-Series, the DR412i has lived up to its design billing of combining power with intelligence to deliver new levels of process optimisation, efficient drilling and dependable penetration in harsh mining conditions. By Munesu Shoko.