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Sandvik Introduces Power Carbide Sh69, A Powerful Dth Breakthrough

Sandvik’s most powerful rock tool carbide grades – gathered under the name PowerCarbide – offer a unique combination of strength hardness toughness and wear resistance and enhance both drilling performance and cost effectiveness. SH69 a new PowerCarbide grade developed specifically for down-the-hole drilling applications can increase the service life of drill bits by up to 45 percent. Sandvik’s self-hardening (SH) grades have homogeneous propertie...

Sandvik Expands Battery Electric Range With New Top Hammer Longhole Drill

Sandvik continues to grow its battery-electric equipment offering. The new fully automated Sandvik DL422iE top hammer longhole drill is equipped with an electric driveline system to eliminate diesel emissions while tramming increasing productivity while reducing environmental impact and fostering a healthier work environment. The zero-emission Sandvik DL422iE joins Sandvik DD422iE as the company’s second battery-driven underground drill. Sandvik e...

Smt & Sandvik Extend Their Partnership To West Africa

SMT has been appointed as Sandvik’s official distributor for surface drilling equipment and related aftermarket in Sales Area West Africa covering the following countries: Algeria Mauritania Senegal Niger Chad Guinea Ivory Coast Benin Togo Guinea-Bissau Gambia Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Sierra Leone Liberia Democratic Republic of Congo Congo Brazzaville Burkina Faso Gabon. Services Machinery & Trucks (SMT) has been the officially appointed as ...

Retec Appointed As Distributor For Sandvik In London And The South East

Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions is pleased to announce the appointment of Retec Equipment Limited as its authorized Distributor for its range of mobile crushing and screening equipment in London and the South Eastern counties*. Sandvik’s world leading ranges of quarrying and construction equipment needs no introduction; but now customers in the South East of England will be able to benefit from sales support through its new partner Retec. The ap...

Sandvik Delivers Its Award Winning Automine Loading Solution

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is delivering its AutoMine Fleet system to automate a new fleet of Sandvik loaders at Codelco’s Pacifico Superior and Pilar Norte GTI which are part of the El Teniente mine in Chile. This partnership supports Codelco’s vision to create one of the most sophisticated mines in the world. AutoMine Fleet is a highly advanced automation system for a fleet of Sandvik underground loaders and trucks sharing the same automa...