Equipment / Plant Hire

African Sun Mining operates a modern open cast mining fleet.
Most units are brand new. The balance have low hours.
Our preferred OEM is Caterpillar.
We have a long strategic relationship with Barloworld Equipment, the regional agent for Caterpillar in Southern Africa.

Our fleet covers:

• Excavators
• Hydraulic face shovels
• Front end loaders
• Rigid dump trucks
• Articulated dump trucks
• Mining dozers
• Mining graders
• Track type tractors
• Wheel dozers
• Water bowsers
• Lowbeds for heavy plant moves
• Compactors
• Drill rigs for blast hole drilling
• Support trucks and light vehicles
• Service trucks and lube trucks
• Fuel trucks
• Cranes

You get:

• High availability
• High production per hour
• Lower fuel burn per bank cubic meter
• Lower unplanned stoppages
• Lower repair cost over life
• OEM parts readily available
• Fast lead times for critical components
• High residual values on exit or replacement cycle

Caterpillar equipment is built for Africa.
It runs in dust, mud, heat and hard rock.
It holds structural integrity under cyclical load.
It handles temperature extremes from winter mornings in the Highveld to summer heat in the Limpopo belt.
It delivers stable production in rain season and dry season.

You get:

• Better uptime
• Better safety control because of predictable behaviour
• Better performance in poor underfoot conditions
• Better site stability in changing climate days

You receive a fleet that is production focused.
You receive a fleet backed by OEM service.
You receive predictable output per shift and per month.