KIRLOSKAR OIL ENGINES LIMITED
MINING
“ We have another location in Rajkot on the western part of India where we manufacture our smaller three to 20 horsepower engines for irrigation and agro-industrial applications .”
The final base is the large engine facility at Nashik , capable of manufacturing diesel engines in range of 2,400 – 7,200 HP for Marine and Power Generation applications .
Enriching lives in Africa As in India , agriculture dominates the economy of many African countries with maize being the most important food staple on the continent .
Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited provides engines to power hammer mills continent-wide to 25 nations including Algeria , Nigeria , Tanzania , Uganda , Rwanda , Zimbabwe , Zambia and Angola . These mills crush the crop into a useable powder , helping to feed millions of people .
In Senegal , more than 2,300 Kirloskar diesel engine-driven pumps and over 20 drip irrigation systems across the Senegal river have increased the annual rice production from less than 100,000 tonnes to 460,000 tonnes by increasing the irrigated land from 24,500 hectares to 85,000 hectares .
Another key industry supported in Africa is underground platinum and gold mining . “ South Africa is one of our major markets and we work with various mining houses like Aquarius Platinum , Anglo Platinum , Impala Platinum , Glencore , Lonmin Platinum , Goldfields and
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