Base Metals and Industrial Minerals Projects

Australian Ferroalloys:  Feasibility studies and process evaluations for a multi-product ferroalloys project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Refer project sheet.

Dampier Salt:  Engineering, procurement and construction management of a new wash plant and export materials handling facility at Dampier, Western Australia.  This project was undertaken in joint venture with Integrated Project Solutions Pty Ltd.

Iluka Resources:  Detailed feasibility studies, cost estimates and preliminary engineering of the relocation and refurbishment of a synthetic rutile reduction kiln for Iluka Resources in Western Australia.

Iluka Resources:  Studies of the debottlenecking of a lime kiln preheater unit for Iluka Resources Ltd, in Western Australia.

Moneo Metals:  Owner’s Engineer/project manager for the Definitive Feasible Study for a 25,000 tpa laterite nickel processing and refining project in New Caledonia. Refer project sheet.

Mt Burgess Mining:  Scoping study for its 2.5 Mtpa lead, zinc and silver Kihabe Base Metals project in Botswana. Refer project sheet.

Pyromet Technologies, South Africa:  Assistance to Pyromet in the performance of a study of the feasibility of establishing a ferrochrome plant in the Pilbara region of Western Australia based on the Coobina chromite deposits.

Transit Holding Ltd:  Scoping study for an underground solution mining and processing of potash located in Paradox Basin, Utah, USA

Vital Metals: Supervision of testwork and development of the process flowsheet for the Watershed scheelite project in Queensland.

Others:

• A conceptual study of the production of tungsten oxide concentrates for export based on a scheelite deposit in Western Australia.
• Technical evaluations and cost estimations for the relocation of a vanadium processing kiln, initially installed and operated at a site in Western Australia, to a site outside Australia.
• An initial feasibility study of the extraction of crystalline rutile from a high-titanium content slag obtained from the smelting of a titano-magnetite ore.