Jimond Mining Management Company (JMMC), a subsidiary of global mining services provider JCHX Mining Management Co., Ltd., has selected Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions to supply 15 new units of underground equipment for the Ivanhoe Mines-Zijin Mining owned Kamoa-Kakula copper operation in the DRC. The order is valued at around SEK200 million and will be booked in the fourth quarter 2023.
The order includes eight Toro™ TH663i trucks, five Toro™ LH621i loaders and two Sandvik DL432i longhole production drills. Deliveries are scheduled during the first three quarters of 2024, and will grow the total Sandvik mobile fleet operating at Kamoa-Kakula to more than 100 units. The two Sandvik DL432i drills will be the first Sandvik underground drills at Kamoa-Kakula, and will help JMMC, the contractor responsible for underground mining at the operation, implement longhole stoping.
“We’re always striving to increase our productivity and efficiency,” said Youcheng Wang, VP of JCHX Mining and GM of JCHX Overseas Division. “We have chosen to expand our fleet of Sandvik loaders and trucks at Kamoa-Kakula due to their proven reliability and productivity. We are excited to introduce Sandvik underground drills to site for the first time. We are already successfully operating Sandvik drills in other mine sites around the world, and we expect to replicate our success at Kamoa-Kakula.”
Sandvik established operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2019 to support Kamoa Copper SA and JMMC at Kamoa-Kakula. Sandvik has a dedicated team of product experts on site and operates a site-based, vendor-managed inventory store.
“We are honoured to continue expanding our collaboration with JMMC,” said Eduardo Alonso, Vice President for Sales Area Central Africa at Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions. “This commitment helps further underscore the success of our intelligent load and haul offering in demanding mass hard rock applications, and we now look forward to introducing our intelligent longhole drills at Kamoa-Kakula.”
“Sandvik’s intelligent load and haul equipment has been in operation at Kamoa-Kakula since 2019, and I am pleased to see us again selected to supply our highly productive offering. With this order we also expand our collaboration with JMMC to include intelligent underground drills, a testament to the strength of our solutions offering,” says Mats Eriksson, President of Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions.
