Industry News

Cat Dealer Congo Equipment Supplies Power Solutions

Delivery of Cat DE diesel generator set to Tenke Fungurume Mining. Caterpillar Inc. today announced that Tenke Fungurume Mining Corp. has selected Cat dealer Congo Equipment to provide power solutions for the company’s copper and cobalt mining operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Congo Equipment installed and commissioned 14 Caterpillar DE550 diesel generator sets to supply a total of 7.7 MW of standby and prime power for mini...

Rand Air To Provide Lighting And Power In The Eastern Cape

Rand-Air is the recognised leader when it comes to the provision of portable air and power in the local rental market. Based on an entrenched ethos of exceeding customers’ expectations and through the regular training and development of its people the company services a wide variety of sectors including the renewable energy industry. Located in a remote part of the Eastern Cape province there is a wind farm project that forms part of a 700 MW wind...

Largest Volvo Penta Powered Generator Installed By Babcock

Babcock has been a significant player in the provision of standby and prime power generation solutions in southern Africa since 2006 and has installed the largest Volvo Penta powered synchronised standby power generator solution in South Africa at Zululand Anthracite Colliery’s (ZAC) mine near Ulundi. Electricity supply for three mining sites Outcrop Deep E (DE) and Ngwabe is now backed up by a series of synchronised Volvo Penta-powered generators...

Rand Air Is ‘Pumping’ In The Agricultural Sector

As the established leader in the local portable air compressor and generator rental market Rand-Air maintains an excellent reputation based on its ethos of exceeding customers’ expectations and through the regular training and development of its people. Henry Fourie Business Development Manager at Rand-Air explains that when it comes to rentals the company provides TUV-certified oil-free diesel or electric air solutions; as well as power and light...