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INDUSTRY NEWS: in brief

ABOVE LEFT: Mareta le Roux, Brand Manager for
Plascon Industrial.
ABOVE CENTRE: Kansai Plascon Protective
Coatings up close.
LEFT: Corrosion protection helps mines
conserve assets.
ABOVE RIGHT: Rio-Carb’s welding maching joins
two rolled halves of the pipe by welding them
together.

These include digital mining, remote
controlled operations, autonomous
equipment, rock cutting, non-explosive
mining and low to ultra-low profile
equipment.“We also have internal
technology projects which will allow us
to take the mine of the future to the next
level,” Seyfried concludes.

Turnkey protective coating
solutions for the mining
industry
Over the years, Kansai Plascon has
developed fundamentally strong
relationships with some of the largest

Corrosion protection is expensive to apply,
and le Roux indicates that it is essential to
successfully complete the application of
the coating on the first attempt.“Bearing
this is mind, we provide extensive training
to mining contractors at no additional
charge. It’s all about the customers’ bottom
line at the end of the day, and we are there
to ensure that everything goes according
to plan.”
“Mining companies are moving towards
optimising and conserving their assets,
rather than replacing them with new ones.
As a result, our sector sales have improved,
and I am confident we will gain market
share in the foreseeable future.”

names in the global mining industry.
Brand manager for industrial coatings,
Mareta le Roux believes that this will
work to the company’s advantage, when
promoting its protective coating range.
“This is already bearing fruit, as a large gold
mining operation with mines in East, West
and Central Africa now specifies Plascon

Kansai Plascon also boasts a strong network
of distributors in Sub-Saharan African
regions such as Namibia, Botswana, Zambia,
Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, with plans
to expand the network in East Africa and
West Africa. This network will enable the
company to deliver its range of products in
the quickest turnaround times.

Protective coatings for all of its processing
plants. We have also been supplying
products to mines in the Zambian copper
belt for a number of years. Further
expansion in Africa holds the potential for
measurable growth.”

Innovative new welding
machine increases efficiencies
In an effort to improve efficiencies and
deliver quality products to customers
ahead of time, Chromium Carbide (CrC)

liner plate expert Rio-Carb has invested
in a superior welding machine that has
enabled the company to deliver 1km
worth of its standard RC700 overlay
pipeline to a power generation plant.
The pipes are used in the power generation
process at the plant for de-ashing. Coal
and pulverised fuel go through burners
and generate power and energy. After the
process the material turns to ash, which
needs to be removed from the plant
through the pipes.
Rio-Carb director Colin Maine explains that
the machine to manufacture the pipes was
locally made and designed according to the
requirements of the company.“Discussions
about parameters and specifications for the
project were first held two years ago and
were finalised early this year. It will take six
months for the manufacturing process to
be completed and we have already started
to deliver some of the pipes.”
The machine joins two rolled halves of
the pipes by welding them together and
the plasma cutting machine cuts the raw
pipes into various segments and fabricates
them accordingly. This modular welding
unit will add onto the company’s existing
machinery and make the manufacturing
process more efficient, quick and the
welding more accurate. The manufacturing
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