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Hitachi Construction Machinery, Marubeni to strengthen Brazilian mining offering

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Hitachi Construction Machinery and Marubeni Corporation have reached an agreement to establish ZAMine Service Brasil Limitada, a sales and services company for mining machinery in Brazil.

As part of this agreement, both companies plan to invest 50% to create a special purpose corporation, which will invest 100% in the sales and services company.

The establishment of ZAMine Brasil will expand the mining business in the South American market by strengthening the system from new machinery sales to parts and service provision in the South American market, HCM says.

Expanding business in the Americas is one of the four core strategies stated in the HCM Group’s “BUILDING THE FUTURE 2025” medium-term management plan which started in fiscal year 2023. The North American market has been able to develop a robust network of dealers with an extensive sales and service system. However, in the South American market, which has a strong mining business, expansion had been limited until now.

The Central and South American market accounts for 23% of the global demand for rigid dump trucks and 9% of ultra-large hydraulic excavators (including dump trucks with a load capacity of 150 t or more and ultra-large hydraulic excavators with an operating weight of 190 t or more, (based on total unit demand from 2010 to March 2024)). Large quantities of copper, iron ore, gold, and other mineral resources are expected to grow in demand, and will in turn see increased mining in the future. Because there are many ultra-large hydraulic excavators from HCM operating in Brazil, the company expects to expand the sales of parts and services and increase the sales of new vehicles.

Marubeni Brasil S.A., a 100% wholly-owned subsidiary of Marubeni, has been leading mining machinery sales in Brazil since 2017. Hitachi Construction Machinery decided to establish ZAMine Brasil to strengthen its parts and service system for operating machinery. The company also plans to build a system to provide full maintenance and services to the customer network that Marubeni has nurtured through many years of business in Brazil.

Marubeni and HCM have been collaborating since the 1970s. They have jointly established and operated mining machinery sales and service companies in Australia and Ukraine. Additionally, Marubeni subsidiaries and affiliated companies have been selling mining machinery from HCM in Peru, Chile, Colombia and other countries. The two companies are committed to applying that experience to the establishment of ZAMine Brasil in Brazil, HCM says.

The HCM Group is restructuring its mining business for all of South America, including Brazil, and aims to achieve a sales revenue of ¥300 billion ($2.12 billion) or more in the Americas from full-scale independent business in its fiscal year 2025.

Wenco makes Latin America expansion plans with TecWise partnership

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Wenco International Mining Systems has announced a new partnership with TecWise Sistemas de Automação, a provider of technology and communications systems to the Latin America mining industry.

This new agreement makes TecWise the exclusive distributor of Wenco solutions in Brazil, paving the way for customers in the largest Latin American country to leverage “Wenco’s open and interoperable approach to mining technology”, Wenco said.

Wenco’s data solutions are designed to boost productivity, decrease operating costs, extend equipment life, and give mining companies actionable insights into their operations. Its Mine Performance Suite consists of systems for fleet management, high-precision machine guidance, predictive maintenance, collision avoidance, and mining business intelligence.

Unlike other solution providers, Wenco, a Hitachi Group Company since 2009, has designed its systems with an “open systems philosophy” that, it says, “empowers customers to freely integrate systems to support their unique business processes, data requirements, and reporting needs”.

“TecWise and Wenco formed this partnership based on their shared approach to delivering customer-focused solutions to the mining industry,” Wenco said. Founded in 1997, TecWise works closely with customers to design, deploy, and support fit-for-purpose, performance-driven technology that improves efficiency, safety, and productivity.

“The company’s history of strong support throughout Brazil made it a natural partner for Wenco as it expands through Latin America,” Wenco said.

Andrew Pyne, President and CEO of Wenco, said: “We’re excited to enter the strategic Brazilian mine market in partnership with TecWise. In line with our focus on growing our presence in Latin America, Brazil is a key strategic priority for Wenco, particularly as we collaborate with Hitachi Construction Machinery on their Solution Linkage for Mining platform.

“We have planned this collaborative entry into the Brazilian market for some time and we took our time to identify the right partner, which we found in TecWise. They will ensure our customers have knowledgeable, on-the-ground local support for Wenco solutions for the long haul.”

TecWise Business Director and CEO, Omar Garzedin, said: “The level of flexibility and openness of the Wenco solutions, the philosophy of interoperable standards – this is what initially caught our eye and made Wenco stand out among data solutions providers for the mining industry.

“Over the years, a common challenge for our mining clients has been the ‘closed stack’ approach of many suppliers – the difficulty in controlling and using their own operational data in the manner that they prefer.

“When we shared the Wenco philosophy – the ability to react to a client need in an agile manner, combined with a global track record – we all clearly saw new ways of addressing long-standing challenges in an innovative, scalable, and cost-effective manner.”

TecWise is in discussions with mines throughout Brazil to offer new ways to solve known problems, while extending new capabilities and options through Wenco’s open standard approach to mining technology, Wenco said.