MTE Lephalale 2022, Limpopo

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Some of the products / services you can expect to see on the day:

(Updated: 08/11/2022)

  • Abrasive manufacturer
  • Adhesives and engineering
  • Air and lab products
  • Assembly and supply of industrial gear units and variable speed drivers
  • Belt cleaning products and mechanical belt fasteners
  • Conveyor belt tracking rollers, scrapers, skirting rubber, safety roller guards and impact beds
  • Distribution of electrical, electronic, mechanical and industrial products
  • Electrical supplies
  • Engineering, manufacturing, pre-fabrication, construction for power and petrochemical industries
  • Full solutions partner in welding and cutting
  • Hazardous and industrial lighting
  • Head to foot personal protective clothing
  • Industrial lighting and LED experts
  • Industrial valve specialists
  • Integrated security solutions
  • Laboratory equipment supplier
  • Level 1B-BBEE procurement company serving the power and mining industries
  • Manufacturer and supplier of welding and safety solutions, services, products and technical support
  • Manufacturer and OEM of RNE vertical spindle pumps and all steel motors for mining, chemical plant, and slurry applications
  • Manufacturer of medium, heavy and extra-heavy trucks, as well as commuter buses and luxury coaches
  • Market leaders in industrial heat-transfer products
  • Mechanical engineering services and industrial supply
  • Mining business intelligence
  • Mining, smelter & mineral processing contractors, furnace & industrial services
  • Noise protection
  • Offering solutions for the processing of minerals and aggregates
  • Offers comprehensive services for gear units and couplings as well as mechanical drive repairs
  • Plumbing merchant
  • Product movement and transfer
  • Pumps, pump repairs and pump rental
  • Specialised electrical, instrumentation, engineering and project management services
  • Specialised lighting solutions for hazardous environments
  • Specialising in plant maintenance, rebuilds, mechanical fitting, turning engineering services, electrical engineering etc.
  • Spray nozzles & spray systems
  • Supply chain solutions in mining and transport
  • Valves
  • Water and wastewater treatment

Lephalale, or as it was originally known, Ellisras, was established in 1960 and named for the original farm owners, Patrick Ellis and Piet Erasmus. In 2002 Ellisras was renamed Lephalale, a word which is derived from the Setswana word, meaning ‘to flow’.

Situated 20km from Lephalale in South Africa’s Limpopo province, this open-pit mine employs 3 200 people and produces 26Mtpa final coal products, using a conventional truck and shovel operation. This mine has an estimated minable coal reserve of 3 261Mt and a total measured coal resource of 4 719Mt, from which semi-soft coking coal, thermal coal and metallurgical coal can be produced.

Because of its vast coal reserves, Lephalale is often touted as the ‘the future of power generation in South Africa’. In fact, the town is situated in the middle of one of the biggest development projects in South Africa, including the new Medupi Power Station.

The Thabametsi mine is a greenfield mine located to the West of the current Grootegeluk mine and will exploit coal from the central part of the Waterberg Coalfield. On completion of the project, the Thabametsi mine will supply approximately 3.9 million tonnes per annum of run-of-mine coal, in order to service the 600MW Thabametsi IPP in the Waterberg.

Visitors

Name of operation Type of  Owner of  operationCommodity
Grootegeluk Coal MineOpencastExxaroCoal
Matimba Power StationPower StationEskomPower Generation
Medupi Power StationPower StationEskomPower Generation

Exhibitors we would like to see include companies that supply equipment or products to coal mines and power stations. There is constant maintenance happening on these operations, as well as a major projects in the pipeline.

 


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