dip galvanising plant for mining supports
Mining Engineering Services Tanzania Limited is launching a new factory in Mwanza to produce underground mining support equipment. The initiative aims to reduce import reliance and boost local employment.
Why it matters
Represents a strategic shift in Tanzania's industrial capacity and local content participation in the mining sector.
MWANZA: TANZANIA is set to start local production of underground mining support equipment in October, with a new factory expected to produce up to 75,000 Split Sets a month, more than twice the estimated domestic demand.
Mining Engineering Services Tanzania Limited (MES) plans to begin commercial production at its factory later in October, introducing Hot Dip Galvanising technology for the manufacture of mining support equipment.
The factory will produce Split Sets, also known as friction bolts, Dome Plates and Mine Mesh, which are used to support and stabilise underground mine workings.
MES Operating Manager Chrispine Ndege told journalists that the plant’s production capacity would exceed the estimated domestic demand for about 30,000 Split Sets a month, potentially allowing the company to supply the regional market.
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