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Heavy Equipment for African Mining Operations

Equipment for African mining — matched to surface and underground operations, with shipping to Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Durban, and Walvis Bay.

Africa is a major mining market — gold, copper, cobalt, platinum, diamonds, coal, and more. IGC supplies mining equipment to operations across the continent, shipped to the nearest viable port and delivered inland.

Key mining markets we supply

  • West Africa — Ghana (gold), Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria. Shipped via Tema and Takoradi.
  • East Africa — Tanzania (gold and gemstones), Kenya, Uganda. Shipped via Mombasa and Dar es Salaam.
  • Southern Africa — South Africa, Zambia (copper), Zimbabwe (gold, platinum, lithium), Botswana (diamonds), Namibia (uranium), Mozambique (coal). Shipped via Durban, Maputo, Beira, and Walvis Bay.
  • Central Africa — DR Congo (cobalt, copper, gold). Shipped via Matadi, Dar es Salaam, or Durban.

Equipment matched to the operation

  • Surface gold and copper — excavators, wheel loaders, articulated dump trucks, dozers, drills.
  • Underground — LHD loaders, underground mining trucks, continuous miners, roof bolters, shuttle cars.
  • Crushing and grinding — jaw crushers, cone crushers, ball mills, SAG mills for hard-rock processing.
  • Recovery — flotation machines, magnetic separators, centrifugal concentrators, thickeners, filter presses.
  • Power — diesel generators for off-grid sites.

Logistics for landlocked mines

Many African mines are landlocked. IGC coordinates shipping to the nearest deep-water port and inland transport to the mine gate:

  • Zambia, Zimbabwe, DR Congo (south), Botswana — via Durban, Beira, or Walvis Bay.
  • Uganda, Rwanda — via Mombasa or Dar es Salaam.
  • DR Congo (west) — via Matadi.

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