Custom lube vehicle boosts mine’s safety, productivity

Earthmoving equipment distributor Hitachi Construction Machinery Africa, in conjunction with its Mozambique subsidiary dealership, Hitachi Construction Machinery Mozambique, has designed and provided a custom-built lubricant vehicle for diversified mining giant Vale to enhance the availability of excavators, trucks and other utility equipment at the group’s Moatize coal mine, in Mozambique. The lubricant vehicle enhances safety and optimises equipment availability by providing essential lubricants, coolant and degreaser where the equipment is used. This reduces preventative and planned maintenance downtime, improves productivity, reduces operating expenses, increases equipment use, and offers greater machine hour productivity.