# Marula Mining secures new equipment to double production at Blesberg Lithium Mine

Marula Mining has secured ZAR20 million (approx. US$1.2M) in new mobile mining equipment from Bell Equipment Limited through Q Global Commodities Group, expected to more than double capacity at the Blesberg Lithium and Tantalum Mine in South Africa.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2023-04-06
- Where: Blesberg, South Africa, South Africa
- Value: $1.20M
- Starts operating: Apr 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: more than double the capacity to mine stockpiled material
- Products: lithium, tantalum
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Marula Mining](https://endata.com/companies/69588.md)
- [Bell Equipment](https://endata.com/companies/15161.md) (supplier)
- [Q Global Commodities Group](https://endata.com/companies/69589.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [aquis.eu](https://www.aquis.eu/stock-exchange/announcements/4047815), 2023-04-06: "The arrival of this new equipment in the current Q2 2023 to the Blesberg mine site... will provide the opportunity for the Company’s mining contractors to more than double the capacity to mine the stockpiled material."

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