Metso Meets Contractors in Takoradi

Metso Ghana, a leader in the mining and construction equipment manufacturing and supplier of sustainable technology and services for mining and construction industries in Ghana has organize a day�s workshop for some road contractors in the western region. Among the aims of the workshop was to enable the contractors have first hand information about Metso�s new developed products for the Africa markets that will help enhance their operations as contractors. The occasion was also used to exhibit and launch some of the mining and construction equipment produced by Metso which included crushers, Feeders, Conveyors and Surge Hoppers. Speaking at the programnme, Louis Santos, a manager of the company in charge of Europe, Middle East and Africa noted that today�s mining and construction projects were demanding innovative solutions to meet the technological, quantity, quality and delivery requirements. �Metso, the world leader in crushing and screening technology develops the products as you want it�, he told the contractors. He mentioned for instance that Metso�s new Lokotrack 1000 series was a combination of �best-in-class product quality and engineering that conformed to challenging working conditions. According to him, the Lokotrack 1000 series had three models which were the C1000 Jaw Crusher, the G1000 Cone Crusher and the S1000 Screen, forming flexible cost effective track solutions whether they stood alone or worked in multi-stage crushing in mining, construction or recycling. He added that the company�s crushing and screening equipment had test-proving fuel economy combined with the industry�s most consistent production levels, maximizing profitability. Later in an interview, Joseph Obrempong, the Construction Sales Manager of Delta Ghana, a subsidiary of Mantrac Ghana Limited disclosed that Metso Ghana was dealing with the mining companies only while his outfit was handling the construction aspect of the business. He indicated that Delta was the authorized dealer of Metso�s construction equipment and that their target market was those in the Quarry industry in Ghana, supplying them with crushing and screening plants. He stressed that Delta Ghana provided customers with comprehensive solutions backed by technical know-how, experience and in-depth knowledge. �Currently we have about eight companies using Metso�s products. Delta has recently sold one crushing plant to a customer who is about to establish a quarry business around Elmina in the Central Region�, he added. Mr. Obrempong named the new quarry industry as G.N Quarry and promised that the 3-staged crushing plant would be installed in Elmina by September this year.