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January 2015
MODERN MINING
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MINING News
Liberian project showcases
Zest WEG’s capabilities
The ZestWEG Group is showcasing its full suite of products and manu-
facturing capabilities at a flagship infrastructure and iron ore mining
project in Liberia. This follows Group company EnI Electrical clinching
two major contracts for ArcelorMittal at Buchanan Port in Liberia as
well as at the Tokadeh iron ore mine near Yekepa in Nimba County.
“These projects will serve as a vehicle for the ZestWEG Group prod-
uct portfolio to arrive on site,” says Trevor Naude, MD of EnI Electrical.
One of Africa’s largest electrical construction companies, EnI
Electrical forms a significant part of the Zest WEG Group’s value addi-
tion and total service package for the African mining industry.
“While the Zest WEG Group is well known as an importer and dis-
tributor of WEG electric motors from Brazil, one of the largest ranges
of its kind in the world, our full product line-up includes transform-
ers, switchgear, variable speed drives, motor control centres, gensets
and renewable energy solutions. We also have three fully fledged
manufacturing facilities in South Africa that we are in the process of
expanding as we increase our footprint in Africa,” Louis Meiring, CEO,
Zest WEG Group, says.
Steel and iron giant ArcelorMittal is currently mining and ship-
ping 5 Mt/a of iron ore a year from its Phase 1 operations in Liberia.
A Phase 2 expansion project will boost shipments to 15 Mt, with first
production earmarked for end 2015.
The first contract focuses on a ship loading facility at Buchanan
Port, where EnI Electrical will construct 6,6 kV overhead power lines in
addition to all medium voltage infrastructure, electrical infrastructure
and instrumentation works.
The second contract relates to mine infrastructure at the Tokadeh
iron ore mine, which has a rail link to Buchanan Port. “We are respon-
sible for all overhead line infrastructure frommedium voltage to all the
electrical work and instrumentation,” Naude explains. “This flagship
project represents what EnI Electrical has been striving towards since
its inception. We are positioning ourselves as the electrical infrastruc-
ture construction team within the Zest WEG Group.”
The Tokadeh iron ore mine near Yekepa in Nimba County in Liberia, where the
Zest WEG Group’s EnI Electrical is responsible for all overhead line infrastructure.
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