Our Services

Plant layout & Project cost estimate for funds application

  • MMG Mining – KEP building relocation optimization
  • Impala – TSF Remining
  • Impala – Air quality review and option study
  • Rowland concentrator – Thickener underflow review and operational philosophy

Procurement assistance with tenders

  • Ilitha Mining – Tailing PGM flotation plant
  • Retrofit of flotation mechanisms – Lonmin UG2 plant and Northam Elands concentrator

Contracts Management of Contractors

  • Ilitha Mining – Tailing PGM flotation plant
  • Retrofit of flotation mechanisms – Lonmin UG2 plant and Northam Elands concentrator

Other Services

  • Lonmin – Tailings Dam no. 8 – Independent Peer Review.
  • Goldline Consulting – Technical Services
  • Technical Services – Impala Platinum – Tailings remining -Technical Services
  • Risk Assessments – Impala Platinum
  • WOOD SA – Northam Zondereinde BMR as build drawings
  • Worley – Operational Readiness assessment – Gamsberg Zinc
  • Kibali Gold – Crusher installation assessment
  • Northam Eland – Structural SIMM Inspection & Report

Detail Engineering design and drafting

  • Ilitha Mining – Tailing PGM flotation plant
  • Sylvania – Mooinooi Plant – Flotation mechanisms and Cells
  • Rowland concentrator – Tailings pumping station.
  • Rowland concentrator – TTP surge tank
  • Rowland Concentrator – Flotation cell replacement
  • DRD ERGO – Vertical milling plant
  • DRD ERGO – CIP Plant
  • DRD ERGO – Sand milling plant
  • DRD ERGO – Elsburg remined tailings pump station
  • Retrofit of flotation mechanisms – Lonmin
  • UG2 plant and
    Northam Elands concentrator
  • Namibian Tantalite –Milling and screening plant
  • Northam Elands concentrator – Dewatering cyclone plant

Construction Management
and Safety Management

  • Ilitha Mining – Tailing PGM flotation plant
  • Rowland concentrator – Tailings pumping station.
  • Retrofit of flotation mechanisms – Lonmin UG2 plant and Northam Elands concentrator
  • Namibian Tantalite – Milling and screening plant
  • Northam Elands concentrator – Dewatering cyclone plant

Plant Commissioning

  • Ilitha Mining – Tailing PGM flotation plant
  • Rowland concentrator – Tailings pumping station
  • Northam Elands Concentrator – Start up
Why use VLA projects?

Detailed engineering capabilities

Process: Process design basis | PFDS | P&IDs

Piping & Fire Protection: Plot plans | Equipment layout | 3D modelling / 2D detailing of equipment | Piping isometrics, layouts & specification | Piping MTOs | Stress analysis | Design of fire protection Systems

Civil / Structural: Overall layout plans | Preparation of tenders & evaluation | Detailed drawings for RCC & steel
structures | Design & drawing – foundations, roads, culverts, trenches, stormwater drains

Mechanical: Mechanical design basis | Enquiry specifications & datasheets | Design calculations & drawings for vessels | Heat load calculations | Air flow diagrams | Ducting layout drawings | FEA (Finite Element Analysis | DEM (Discrete Element Modelling)

Electrical: Preliminary SLD | Load flow calculation & short circuit analysis | Electrical load list | Cable layouts & BOQ | Sub-station layout plans | Equipment sizing & specification

Control & Instrumentation: Control logic | Instrument index | Instrument sizing, specifications & data sheets | Control system specifications | Cable layouts & BOQ | Hook-up & loop diagrams | Vendor document review | Factory acceptance test | Industrial automation 

Project Management / Project Engineering Management: Project initiation | Project planning & scheduling | Project progress tracking & reporting | Project closure

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