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PRODUCT News
May 2015
MODERN MINING
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Osborn modular plant installed in Siberia
A modular plant designed and built in
South Africa by Elandsfontein-based manu-
facturer Osborn is currently being installed
and commissioned in snowy Siberia.
Osborn’s R11-million export order was
for a full modular plant for the Alrosa iron
ore facility in Russia. It was shipped from SA
to the port of Magadan, then transported to
the plant, which is situated close to Vilyuyst
in Russia’s Siberia region.
Marketing Director Martin Botha says
that Osborn’s robust equipment is ideally
suited for the harsh operating environment
in Siberia, where temperatures drop to
minus 40 deg Celsius.
The full modular plant at the Alrosa facil-
ity offers primary and secondary crushing
and screening capabilities. It features an
Osborn 3042 jaw crusher, a 6 x 20 triple deck
screen and an Osborn 44H gyrasphere cone
crusher. In addition to this, Osborn has sup-
plied a 5 x 14 screen.
Osborn Engineered Products, tel (+27 11) 820-7600
The Zest WEG Group’s EnI Electrical, one
of Africa’s largest electrical construction
companies, has secured a major contract
at the WBJV Project 1 (Maseve) mine for
client DRA, the main EPCM contractor on
the project. This follows EnI Electrical suc-
cessfully opening its Rustenburg branch in
2014 to service the platinummining sector
in the region.
Trevor Naudé, MD of EnI Electrical,
says the contract represents a major coup
for the Zest WEG Group. “We secured the
Maseve contract towards the end of 2014,
in the wake of numerous small brownfield
projects whereby we established our base
in the region.”
Naudé adds that the greater Zest WEG
Group will be involved in this flagship proj-
ect, from supplying the mill motors to the
electrical and instrumentation infrastruc-
ture and the associated electrical panels.
“We will be carrying out all the associated
electrical cabling and racking, in addition
to installation of all the instrumentation.
EnI Electrical mobilised on-site in March
this year, with contract completion antici-
pated by July. This is a significant contract,
and it is also fast-track.”
In addition, Naudé reveals that EnI
Electrical has clinched a major contract
from Anglo Platinum for the electrical and
instrumentation infrastructure for a new
pump station. “We secured the Maseve
contract in December 2014 and the Anglo
Platinum contract in January 2015, both of
which bode well for the year ahead.”
EnI Electrical is also progressing with its
contract at Swakop Uranium’s Husab mine
in Namibia, where its scope of work is the
construction of 33 kV overhead power
lines, as well as the installation and com-
missioning of all medium voltage and high
voltage switchgear. The project is sched-
uled for completion in August this year.
Elsewhere in Africa, EnI Electrical is run-
ning five contracts in Zambia at present
for Mopani Copper Mines, which Naudé
says is an important client. “Our biggest
advantage is that we are not only active in
a single sector, but our contracts run the
gamut from mining to industry. This gives
us the flexibility to be able to supply total
solutions for diverse client requirements.”
In terms of latest developments, Naudé
reveals that EnI Electrical relocated from
its Strijdom Park premises to Zest WEG
Group’s facilities at Linbro Business Park at
EnI Electrical awarded major contract for Maseve
Stringing a 33 kV OHL (overhead line) at EnI Electrical’s
contract at Husab in Namibia.
the beginning of March. “From an expan-
sion perspective, we have outgrown
Strijdom Park after nearly 30 years of pres-
ence there, and therefore such a move is
long overdue.”
Kirsten Larkan, Zest WEG Group, tel (+27 11) 723-6000