Mining is the sector the group is built around — tyre handling on the pit floor, consumables through the workshop, and PPE at the gate, supplied from stock in Mpumalanga and on the Copperbelt.
A mine does not buy equipment, it buys availability. A haul truck standing on a tyre change is not producing, a shutdown that runs out of 3.2 mm electrodes on day two is not finishing, and a crew stood down for want of face shields is a whole shift lost against a fixed plan. Everything in this hub is chosen against that arithmetic rather than against a catalogue.
On the equipment side that means tyre handling: manipulators to 16 000 kg, loader- or truck-mounted, with the rotation and side shift needed to present an earthmover tyre to a hub without slings or a crew standing under it. On the consumable side it means the fast-moving lines held in Kitwe and Nelspruit — wire, rods, discs, cutting gas consumables and PPE — quoted off a line list with a real lead time on anything not in the rack.
The Zambian side of the business exists because Copperbelt and North-Western Province procurement works differently. The Zambian entity is structured for local content and vendor onboarding, and the Kitwe warehouse and Solwezi supply point put stock inside the country rather than across a border post.
Where we supply it from
Supplied from Nelspruit for South African coal, chrome and platinum operations, and from the Kitwe warehouse and Solwezi supply point for Copperbelt and North-Western Province copper mines.
An OTR tyre handler turns a multi-person job with slings into a single operator working under hydraulic control. Attachment-mounted where a suitable carrier already exists, dedicated machine where tyre changes never stop.
Shutdown lists are quoted line by line, from the nearest stocking point, with the quantities held against the scope rather than the average month. Repeat items stay on file so the next shutdown starts from a reference number.
The Zambian operating company publishes its ownership structure and prepares category and brand lists in the format onboarding teams ask for, so registration does not become the long lead item.
Welding PPE, respiratory protection, site safety and workwear come off the same order and the same lead time as the consumables, in the sizes and quantities the site actually consumes.
OTR tyre manipulators for mining and earth-moving
Open range →RangeMIG, TIG and MMA consumables from Lincoln Electric and Taurus
Open range →RangeWelding protection, site safety, workwear and respiratory
Open range →RangeCutting, grinding and finishing discs from Bulldog Abrasives and Pferd
Open range →RangeTorches, regulators, flashback arrestors, hoses and tips
Open range →RangeFeeler loaders, telescopic handlers and graders for production work
Open range →