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The Metso Lokotrack LTG1000 cone crusher.
“Current Metso experience is that their
global factories are working at high capacity
due to strong demand from the US, Australia
and Asia, and while European demand is on
a gradual upswing, the South African market
is lagging behind these trends in terms of
sales of new equipment; however, we are
enjoying increasing business and enquiries
from neighbouring states, including Zambia,
the DRC, Namibia and Zimbabwe.” The
Australasian market now accounts for 80%
of international export sales, which includes
first sales to operators in New Zealand of
Pilot Modular equipment.
if required, which is something that you
can’t do with a mobile machine. We’ve
already sold the first one to a coal mine.”
With a heavy-duty skid-mounted
structure, the MaxiScalp 600 can still be
transported with relative ease, allowing
for changes in location and configuration
without the extra cost of tracks and a diesel
engine. This translates into reduced capital
costs, as well as lower overall maintenance
and operating costs of the machine.
The MaxiScalp 600 has been designed to
accommodate a feed size of up to 600mm
and with an output of up to 600 tonnes
per hour, and the heavy-duty apron feeder
allows for loading by a front-end loader,
excavator or mobile crusher, while the
double-deck scalping screen provides three
sizes of product.
Suitable for applications as diverse
as alluvial diamond gravel screening,
downstream processing and building rubble
recycling, the diversity of the MaxiScalp
600 is for applications in mining, quarrying,
asphalt, construction and recycling all over
southern Africa.
Pilot Modular GFH560, MC13600 conveyor and Double Deck
screen 2412.
Mobile equipment was well represented at the open day, including the imposing Metso
Lokotrack ST3.5 mobile screen.
Market conditions
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Scherf also took the opportunity to give
a frank appraisal of where the industry
found itself in 2017, its problems and future
opportunities. “There is no getting away
from the fact that the past few years have
been tough, and in South Africa this is still
the case. It must be said that local business
remains affected by the current political
climate, yet the global market for crushing
and screening equipment is well on the road
to recovery and in some instances is doing
exceptionally well.
While the West African market is ‘lively’,
southern Africa lags behind.
Sandro Scherf, CEO of Pilot Crushtec International.