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There is a new player in the southern African mobile crushing and screening market. Vermeer Equipment Suppliers, for the first time, now offers mobile crushing and screening equipment. This follows its appointment – effective January 2021 – as the exclusive distributor for Anaconda Equipment, a Northern Ireland-based manufacturer of a full line of mobile crushing and screening equipment.

A large crawler excavator from a major global manufacturer is making a big impact in one southern European nation’s quarrying sector, while new zero-emission excavators and wheeled loaders are also making headlines

In the midst of what is believed to be the biggest health and safety challenge in modern history, brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, South African trade unionist Paul Mardon stresses the significance of good leadership as an indispensable requirement to achieve sound health and safety outcomes and business success at large

How best to improve crushing and screening plant sustainability is a hot topic in the global quarrying world

The Balkans aggregates sector entered 2021 in good shape. Despite the pandemic and its associated negative economic consequences, the demand for aggregates and building materials in the Balkan region is steadily growing, thanks to the recovery of the local construction, road-building and other major consuming industries, according to recent statements made by representatives of some leading local producers and analysts in the field.

LiuGong has, in the past few years, established itself as a major force in the mainstream mining industry in South Africa. The tough nature of the Chinese-made product, complemented by strong backup support from Burgers Equipment & Spares, has been central to the brand’s strong penetration into mining.