Mining Supplies & Consumables in Solwezi, North-Western Province
A supply depot for North-Western Province, put there because Solwezi is where the newer copper developments are and the Copperbelt is a long way behind you.
Solwezi is the smallest of the four sites and the most specific. It exists for one reason: the mines around Kalumbila, Lumwana and Solwezi itself are several hours from Kitwe, and consumable supply that depends on that drive is consumable supply that fails at the wrong moment. The depot holds and forwards the lines that cannot wait.
The requirement here is consumable and PPE-led rather than equipment-led. Welding consumables for maintenance and fabrication, abrasives, gas cutting equipment, tooling, and PPE in the quantities a mine and its contractors get through. Anything larger — tyre handling, attachments, plant — is quoted through Kitwe and Nelspruit and delivered in.
Mwinilunga, Kasempa and the western side of Chingola are reached from here as well. Where a requirement is on a shutdown scope, the quantities are set against the scope and confirmed in writing before it starts, because North-Western Province is not somewhere a shortfall can be corrected the same afternoon.
Held for Solwezi
Supplied from Solwezi
- Welding consumables for mine maintenance and contractor fabrication
- PPE, workwear and respiratory protection
- Cutting, grinding and finishing abrasives
- Gas cutting equipment, power tools and hand tools
Delivered into
- Kalumbila and the Trident development area
- Lumwana and the surrounding contractor camps
- Mwinilunga and Kasempa
- The western Chingola approaches
Most-ordered from this point
Welding Consumables
MIG, TIG and MMA consumables from Lincoln Electric and Taurus
Open range →RangePPE & Safety
Welding protection, site safety, workwear and respiratory
Open range →RangeAbrasives
Cutting, grinding and finishing discs from Bulldog Abrasives and Pferd
Open range →RangeGas Cutting
Torches, regulators, flashback arrestors, hoses and tips
Open range →RangePower & Hand Tools
INGCO and Tolsen power tools, hand tools and accessories
Open range →Solwezi — questions
- 01What does ETEQ hold in Solwezi?
- Solwezi is a supply depot for North-Western Province, focused on welding consumables, PPE, abrasives, gas cutting equipment and tooling. Larger equipment is quoted through Kitwe and Nelspruit.
- 02Do you supply the Kalumbila and Lumwana mines?
- Yes. Both are served from the Solwezi supply point, with shutdown quantities confirmed in writing against the scope before the shutdown starts.
- 03Is Solwezi supplied from Kitwe or from South Africa?
- Both, depending on the line. Fast-moving consumables come off Zambian stock through Kitwe; specialised equipment and non-stock items are consigned from Nelspruit with the freight arranged on the order.