Drill rig to assist in remedying challenge in mining industry

8th June 2017

Drill rig to assist in remedying challenge in mining industry

From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report.

Sashnee Moodley:
Sustained lower commodity prices and ever-increasing costs are ‘squeezing’ mining margins and threaten the industry’s survival. Therefore, mining machinery manufacturer GST Drilling says that products like the Safe Quality Stoping face advance rig can go a long way towards remedying this challenge. Simone Liedtke tells us more.

Simone Liedtke:
The biggest advantage, GST Drilling enthuses, is that the Safe Quality Stoping (SQS) in-stope face advance drill rig allows for modernisation and optimisation of the actual drilling operation at any shaft- or drill hole underground.

GST Drilling GM, Andre Opperman:
 

Simone Liedtke:
The SQS face advance drill rig was released in 2016, and also features a wide variety of safety features.

GST Drilling GM, Andre Opperman:
 

Simone Liedtke:
The SQS also creates more opportunities – for women in particular – to work as rig operators in mining.

GST Drilling GM, Andre Opperman:

Simone Liedtke
Original-equipment manufacturer Scamont Engineering worked together with GST Drilling, and were responsible for the design of the SQS machine.

GST Drilling GM, Andre Opperman:
 

Sashnee Moodley:
Other news making headlines:
Industry teams up to craft road map for ‘a million new manufacturing jobs’


Manufacturing associations across a range of subsectors, including plastics and packaging, chemicals, agroprocessing and steel have endorsed a Manufacturing Circle-led initiative, designed to find ways of creating an additional one-million manufacturing jobs in South Africa.
Manufacturing Circle chairperson André de Ruyter
 


Sashnee Moodley:
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