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Bell and JCB bring new harvesting head and Loadall concept to NAMPO
Bell Equipment Forestry & Agriculture, which plans to launch a harvesting attachment in 2025, has revealed that the prototype will be on show for the first time at NAMPO 2024.
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Zambia’s Grizzly Mining achieves economy of scale with Bell B50Es
The existence of emerald deposits in Zambia dates to the 1920s but it was only in the 1970s and 1980s, once prospecting and mining techniques had developed, that mining started taking place. Today the country is the world’s second-largest producer of emeralds, a gemstone more than twenty times rarer than diamonds, and mining efficiently is just as important as it was when emerald mining first started.
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Zambia’s Grizzly Mining achieves economy of scale with Bell B50Es
The existence of emerald deposits in Zambia dates to the 1920s but it was only in the 1970s and 1980s, once prospecting and mining techniques had developed, that mining started taking place. Today the country is the world’s second-largest producer of emeralds, a gemstone more than twenty times rarer than diamonds, and mining efficiently is just as important as it was when emerald mining first started.
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RJV adds four Bell Water Tankers to its growing fleet
From humble beginnings dating back to 1955 RJ Vincent & Co (RJV), a privately owned family company, initially provided bulldozing services in country areas of Western Australia. RJV has since evolved to become one of the most respected and leading civil engineering and mining services contractors in Western Australia with a proud record for ‘doing things right’.
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Unitrans Mining chooses Bell Equipment as machinery supplier
Kobus Burger, Operations Executive: Unitrans Mining, emphasised the long-standing relationship the company has cultivated with Bell Equipment over the years. “As a group, we have always relied on Bell Equipment for many of our mining, haulage, material handling, and agricultural machinery requirements,” Kobus states. “This enduring partnership has been built upon the foundation of trust and reliability that Bell Equipment consistently delivers to Unitrans.”
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Kobelco SK220XDLC-10 proves successful as a drill rig carrier
They can be seen in the forestry industry felling, processing, and loading timber. In mining and construction applications they can be used to break rock and concrete when fitted with hydraulic hammers. An innovative engineering company based at Donkerhoek to the east of Pretoria has now successfully added yet another use to these versatile carriers – that of a drill rig.
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SAFCOL’s investment in three Bell 225F Loggers pays dividends
The delicate balance of investing today to save in the long term certainly holds true for the forward-thinking management of the Timbadola Sawmill. What gives this balancing act a real homegrown flavour is that the spend was directed at a proudly South African company that produces a uniquely local yellow machine product.
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Bell Forwarder streamlines operations for Buhle Betfu
Timber forwarding is often thought of as the unglamorous link in the timber supply chain. Felling trees, extracting and cross-cutting them gets the adrenaline going as it’s mostly noisy and busy. However before the timber reaches the long-haul transport, done by either road or rail, it must be moved from the roadside to a loading depot. This must happen continuously, efficiently, and above all, safely.
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