Mining machine manufacturer Mining Maintenance Services (MMS) designs and manufactures underground coal mining machines that deliver solutions to customer challenges. These machines, albeit for new, major rebuilds or minor maintenance interventions, are produced at the highest standards of compliance and quality.

As experts in the coal mining industry related equipment, MMS employs reverse engineering and new designs, while MMS’s highly skilled team provides consistent, agile and efficient services that can be customised to exceed customer’s expectations. MMS’s manufacturing and machine build programmes are supported by state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, including profiling, heavy structural fabrication, machining and warehousing to deliver machines and related components to specification, on time and within the agreed budgets. MMS as an organisation is focussed on safety, speed of response to customer requests and attention to detail so that machines perform flawlessly from initial delivery and commissioning.

MMS is well positioned to support customer assets over the life cycle of the equipment and include rebuilding, parts and sub-assemblies as well as maintenance personnel that can physically maintain equipment aligned with customer asset management strategies. Field service technicians are always available to assist with fault finding and routine machine inspections so that customers can be well informed through reports that highlight machine health and suggestions for necessary intervention.

Machine sub-assemblies are available as new as well as in fully reconditioned units with the applicable warranty terms. MMS is flexible and considers total cost of ownership as a key result area. They, therefore, refurbish sub-assemblies to customer scope of work to ensure unit life is optimised, removing waste. MMS works with customers deliberately to support equipment operational cost management.

MMS serves a wide range of customers within South Africa and is also exploring the international market. However, this would be within the boundaries of ensuring unprecedented service delivery consistently and sustainably to all customers.

MMS was established in June 2006 from a passion for the coal mining industry and the desire to maintain and rebuild machines to original equipment manufacturer specification for the mining industry. Realising the need for alternative and specialised services in the mining industry, MMS started with an affordable solution to maintenance difficulties. MMS boasts a management team with in excess of 200 years of coal mining related experience, which enhances their understanding of customer needs. 

Over the years MMS has established a reputation of excellence in the engineering, maintenance and operating fields with services ranging from general fabrication and/or machining requirements, to design, manufacturing and maintenance of components, such as complete underground roof bolters, feeder breakers and mechanical parts, to complete management of overland conveyor systems including operating, maintenance and cleaning. 

MMS is also recognised for its ability to mobilise a multi-disciplined team in a short period to provide an efficient maintenance and/or breakdown recovery service.

Contact MMS to explore their capabilities and services, as well as provide the opportunity to collaborate on solutions through their exceptional engineering standards.