A month after investing more than $20 million in the creation of an outlet at Port Kaituma, North West District to serve the mining community, local Caterpillar distributor Macorp estimates that the new outpost could result in significant savings to miners.
“When account is taken of the down time associated with getting to Georgetown to acquire spares for non-functioning equipment and moving that equipment into the interior we estimate that the Port Kaituma outlet could save the miners as much as 50 per cent,” Macorp Parts Manager Asif Shahid told Stabroek Business in an interview earlier this week.
Noting that the value of key spares had to be measured in costs that go beyond their actual monetary value, Shahid said that what Macorp had done was to remove the logistical burden associated with miners accessing the parts they needed to ensure that smooth running of their operations. He said that apart from setting up the