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Time to go electric
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- Created on 16 May 2017
- Last Updated on 30 May 2018
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With fuel and energy costs rising, and mining companies looking for more environmentally friendly solutions, it might just be the right time to go electric, writes Leon Louw.

Potain’s largest topless crane
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- Created on 24 April 2017
- Last Updated on 24 April 2017
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The largest in the new line of topless cranes from Potain, the MDT 389 is suitable for crowded construction sites where space is tight and multiple cranes are needed. Like other topless cranes it has been designed to allow more cranes to over swing in a smaller area.

Rock down to electric avenue
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- Created on 23 March 2017
- Last Updated on 23 March 2017
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By Leon Louw
With the fuel price soaring and government tightening health and safety screws, now is the time for underground mines to go electric, writes Leon Louw.

Mobile grinding machines: putting simplicity in complex mining process
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- Created on 26 January 2017
- Last Updated on 26 January 2017
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By Ntsako Khosa
Mobile grinding machines are widely used in the mining of rocks such as limestone, granite, basalt, diabase, andesite, ore tailings, river pebbles, and artificial sand stone chips.