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:
That’s Creamer Media’s Real Economy Report. Join us again next week for more news and insight into South Africa’s real economy.
Edited by: Creamer Media Reporter
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