Mining.

In open pit or underground mines, sharp-edged stones and abrasive surfaces can destroy tyres within a very short period of time.

When it came to laying down the planet’s mineral resources, Mother Nature could have been a lot more considerate. Diamonds in a freezing Artic lake, copper and gold high in the South American Andes, iron ore in the Australian desert, coal seams deep underground and complex deposits are just some of the challenges confronting companies engaged in winning the materials – common and rare – essential to today’s living. In modern mining and quarrying, the man with pick, shovel and pan has been superseded by sophisticated machines that, daily, take giant bites out of the ground
and haul them away for crushing and refining. Given the multi-million investments in these machines, optimum productivity is the core requirement and any unscheduled downtime is an unwanted costly inconvenience. Where wheeled machines are used for stripping, loading, hauling and stockpiling, ultimately, the operation’s profitability will depend upon the tyres without which the
machine becomes just an immobile complex arrangement of metal components. Underground mining, tunnelling and caving is among the most demanding activities. For mobile operations, miners select ERLAU Tyre Protection Chains to ensure traction safety and to provide low profile tyres with allround protection from abrasion and sidewall damage.