NORDIC TECHNOLOGY
In February, Robit delivered its first
consignment of rods for underground drilling to
Ma’aden’s Al Amar underground gold-copper-zinc
mine, in Saudi Arabia.
Also in its recently released annual report for
2019, Robit says for the year, demand for its top
hammer products remained at a good level,
particularly in the mining industry. Sales
developed positively in the mining sectors of
South Africa, Russia and Latin America.
Robit’s top hammer offering was further
developed during the year by expanding the
diamond bit product range for deep hole drilling.
Diamond bits facilitate longer and unattended
drilling periods in production drilling. “The
uninterrupted process associated with drilling
automation requires long durability from drill
tools, which is provided by diamond bits. Drilling
automation is currently one of the main areas of
focus of the mining industry. Robit’s diamond bits
meet this customer need, and our products were
well received in the market during the year.”
Through an efficiency program implemented
during 2019, the company also refined its DTH
business production strategy. In connection with
this, it decided in March 2019 to transfer
manufacturing of DTH products at the Sherman
factory in the USA to the companies’ other plants
and to discontinue production operations at
Sherman. During the second half of the year, Robit
also announced the restructuring of the DTH
business and the transfer of the manufacturing of
Halco products from Brighouse (UK) to the
company’s production units in Chesterfield (UK)
and Perth (Australia).
SSAB steel delivers for Taurus Mining
Solutions
Using the right high-performance steel from
Sweden’s SSAB, Australian Taurus Mining
Solutions has managed to lower the weight of its
shovel mining buckets while still keeping their
durability and increasing the capacity by up to
10%. This translates into cost savings for
A Taurus Mining Solutions truck body
containing SSAB Hardox wear plate, during
final manufacture
customers, and Taurus’s production also benefits.
Formed through a joint venture, Taurus Mining
Solutions brings together design expertise and
substantial experience from manufacturing and
aftermarket services. The result is high-quality
mining equipment, such as mining truck bodies,
excavator buckets, loader buckets and dozer
blades.
“We believed there was a void in the market
where we could give the customers lighter and
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