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Epiroc completes acquisition of South African underground rock reinforcement products manufacturer New Concept Mining

April 2, 2019 08:30 CEST

Stockholm, Sweden: Epiroc, a leading productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has completed the acquisition of New Concept Mining, a South African manufacturer of rock reinforcement products for underground mining.

Parts of the team at New Concept Mining

New Concept Mining is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and has facilities also in Peru, Zambia and Canada. It manufactures a comprehensive range of underground mining roof support products, rock monitoring systems and related accessories. New Concept Mining has about 900 employees and had revenue in 2018 of ZAR 1 007 million (SEK 645 million). The company is registered as Innovative Mining Products (Proprietary) Limited, but is trading and is widely known as New Concept Mining.


Epiroc announced on November 6, 2018, that it had agreed to acquire New Concept Mining.


The purchase price is not material relative to Epiroc’s market capitalization and is not disclosed. The business becomes part of Epiroc’s Rock Drilling Tools division, and will continue to be based in Johannesburg. To learn more about the business, please see www.newconceptmining.com.  

For more information please contact: 
Ola Kinnander, Media Relations Manager

+46 70 347 2455
media@epiroc.com
Helena Hedblom, Senior Executive Vice President Mining and Infrastructure
+46 10 755 0000

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