Epiroc AB has received a big order for mining gear from Mopani Copper Mines PLC in Zambia. The gear it says will strengthen productiveness and security at two underground copper mines.
Mopani Copper Mines has ordered a fleet of Epiroc’s Minetruck haulers and Scooptram loaders. The machines might be used to spice up manufacturing capability on the mining firm’s Nkana and Mufulira mines, which each have been shaped nearly a century in the past. The order is valued at round US$20 million (MSEK 180) and was booked within the first quarter 2026. Epiroc will even present service on the machines.
“Epiroc has a protracted historical past of delivering gear and providers to Mopani Copper Mines,” says Helena Hedblom, Epiroc’s President and CEO. “We look ahead to proceed supporting Mopani to optimise their operations, this time with our superior mine vans and loaders.” The ordered gear consists of Minetruck MT436 and Minetruck MT42 S haulers in addition to Scooptram ST14 S and Scooptram ST1030 loaders. Supply of the gear has simply begun and is anticipated to be accomplished by the tip of the yr.
Mopani Copper Mines PLC since 2014 has sunk and outfitted three new shafts to switch the outdated infrastructure at each Nkana and Mufulira mine websites, which dated again to the Nineteen Thirties. The three new shafts are Syclinorium and Mindola Deeps Shafts at Nkana Mine in Kitwe and The Henderson Shaft at Mufulira mine website. Mopani has additionally constructed a brand new concentrator at Nkana mine website, the New Syclinorium Concentrator.
