Modern Mining March 2015

COVER STORY

Extracting the tonnage value

Forging ahead on mining, civil and building projects, the Liviero Group is well positioned for growth across its niche market segments. In mining, the company is on track to meet its medium term goal of becoming a mid-tier contrac- tor at around 50 million BCMs per annum.

service, with the downstream intention of roll- ing out the offering to the open market. “In the past Liviero Civils has been instru- mental on a number of mine infrastructure projects, which include major concrete struc- tures and haul roads,” comments Liviero Group’s CEO, Neil Cloete. Liviero Civils has a 9CE Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) rating. Milestone construction programmes in mining include contracts at Sasol Mining’s Impumelelo Colliery development, situated within 30 km of the Sasol Secunda refinery in Mpumalanga. Here Liviero’s scope of works included a 12 km surfaced road; 26 km of over- land conveyor line formation, which starts on the mine and terminates inside the refin- ery; various earth platforms and gravel access roads; two bridges; plus multiple reservoirs and four lined earth settling dams. Meanwhile at Wesizwe’s Bakubung Platinum Mine (BPM) greenfield underground project near Sun City in the Western Bushveld region, Liviero was responsible for intensive reinforced concrete pre-sink works, a key portion entailing the col- laring of the main and ventilation shafts. Alongside mining, current road construction works include various South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) contracts, an

S ince entering the opencast contract- ing sector in early 2012, Liviero Mining has continued to invest in people and technology to deliver on major projects, the first being for Keaton Energy Holdings Limited’s Vanggatfon- tein Colliery, a brownfield development situat- ed some 15 km east of Delmas in Mpumalanga. Keaton Energy supplies 2 and 4 seam washed thermal coal to Eskom; plus 5 seam low con- taminant vitrinite dominant bituminous coal for the domestic metallurgical industry. Liv- iero was awarded a five-year contract. Liviero Mining forms part of the Liviero Group, South Africa’s largest privately owned multi-disciplinary contractor, which has a long established track-record and has grown organically from its initial core building focus into civil engineering, and then mining. More recently, this latter capability has been extended to include a drill and blast in-house

Below: A Cat D10T belonging to Liviero in

action at Keaton Energy’s Vanggatfontein Colliery. Centre: The backbone of the haulage operation at Vanggatfontein is provided by 90,5-tonne nominal payload Cat 777D off- highway trucks.

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