Sandvik Rock Processing has announced a broadened product portfolio aimed at accelerating the company’s growth across Africa.

“By bringing together stationary and mobile crushing, vibrating screens, screen media and attachment tools like rock breakers, we can address diverse operational requirements while streamlining customer engagement,” says Sandvik Rock Processing VP sales area: Africa Tarynn Yatras.

The company notes that a key growth area has been mobile crushing and screening equipment, with demand rising from both mining operations and infrastructure projects. The versatility of mobile units enables flexible crushing and screening options based on customer needs, offering rapid on-site crushing solutions for contractors.

The company asserts that the introduction of South African distributors has helped strengthen the company’s service coverage and local support.

“We have focused on bundling recommended spares with each unit and ensuring service capability is available from day one,” Yatras explains.

In addition, the company’s first electric-powered Sandvik mobile crusher is scheduled for delivery into Africa later this year. “Electric and hybrid (electric and diesel) units are attractive to operations investing in cleaner electric-powered solutions,” says Yatras. “They help reduce emissions, reduce total cost of ownership and offer simpler, more efficient maintenance than diesel engines.”

The company reveals that it is making rock breakers a strategic component of its solutions portfolio rather than an ad hoc add-on. These tools are now applied across a range of scenarios - from fixed booms at crusher feeds to mobile in-pit use after blasting.

Engagement with engineering, procurement and construction partners on greenfield and brownfield projects is highlighted as another area of growth, alongside sustained demand in the infrastructure sector.

“Across all our territories, we are bringing expertise and infrastructure closer to customers, with service at the heart of our strategy,” Yatras concludes.