NEWS
Evolution of processing equipment
A new range of small, mobile
crushers and screens is about
to represent a big opportunity
for businesses to explore new
opportunities in processing,
especially in the areas of recycling
and waste management.
The EvoQuip brand also
represents a unique hire
opportunity for entrepreneurs and
plant hire companies where the
machine may either become part of
an existing fleet or provide owner-
operators with an opportunity to
undertake smaller-scale crushing
and screening operations on
customers’ own sites.
Distributed by ELB Equipment,
the EvoQuip range is part of the
“Rehabilitation and biodiversity
at our quarry sites is another
priority, and as early as 1986,
AfriSam formed the first trust
of its kind, specifically to cater
for rehabilitation costs on
closure — even before this
was a legislated requirement
for mines,” she says. “Our
current strategy of concurrent
rehabilitation — in which we
conduct rehabilitation as we
mine rather than waiting for
closure before we start — has
proved very effective, both
from an environmental and
ecological perspective, as well
as a cost perspective.”
AfriSam’s focus on
biodiversity involves detailed
and ongoing research to
measure the environmental
impact of operations on species
of flora and fauna, and steps to
protect and foster biodiversity
where necessary, especially
where species are protected by
law or endangered.
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Terex brand and extends from 3- to
19-ton screens, complemented by
crushers that range from 3.5 to 29
tons. With the emphasis on mobility,
the concept is to bring efficient
crushing and screening operations to
wherever they are needed.
According to Martin Conway,
Terex international sales manager
for EvoQuip, the company was
established and machines developed
within the space of the past decade,
making them compliant with
emerging trends in numerous
industries.
“For example, in the existing
processing market, the trend is for
crushing operations to become
smaller and operate on a just-in-time
(JIT) principle, where just enough
is produced for immediate needs
rather than stockpiling materials for
future use. All too often, big crushers
and screens stand idle, waiting for
materials, with obvious negative cost
implications.
“By comparison, the small
EvoQuip machines are less
expensive to buy and to operate,
making many lower-yield types of
operations feasible by considerably
bringing down operating costs. That
means it can give old operations
a new lease of life or may even be
feasible to be brought onto quarries
to produce saleable products from
by-products,” says Conway.
Perhaps the most exciting
opportunities, however, are to take
processing plants to customers’ sites.
Whether it be processing of rocks
at the site of road construction
projects, the processing of
demolition waste for reuse, or
processing of manure, compost,
fertilisers, or soils for agriculture.
In addition, the relatively low
overall cost of the equipment
significantly lowers the entry level
into a host of new industries and
makes these more feasible for start-
ups to process smaller quantities of
materials profitably. Here examples
could include waste concrete
recycling at precast and ready-mix
concrete yards, processing of illegally
dumped building materials on behalf
of municipalities, and supporting
construction operations in remote
areas using available resources.
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Believed to be an industry
first, AfriSam has
introduced biodiversity
management plans at all its
mining operations.
As far back as 2000,
AfriSam introduced Project
Green Cement to actively
reduce its CO 2 emissions.
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