Capital Equipment News August 2019

A multi-stage coal crushing station.

partner. We enable the project to get off the ground by providing a cost-effective processing plant that is operated on a toll basis,” says Basson, adding that the concept is geared at facilitating the entry of new players into the market, because it gives them the opportunity to get projects going, despite their lack of technical knowhow and resources. “Our biggest aim is to mitigate our partner’s financial and operational risk by ensuring that we operate the plant at the lowest possible cost per tonne on a continuous and sustainable basis,” adds Basson. Preferred partners Basson says B&E International is keen to work with selected preferred partners in certain regions and commodities. The idea is to develop long-term partnerships, not just having one partner today and another one tomorrow. “We want to build up partners in various strategic geographical areas. For example, in the coal region of Mpumalanga, we have three partners we have already built up over time,” he says. Basson, however, reiterates that while B&E International has already established several key alliances in the coal industry, the focus spans across other commodities like gold, copper, manganese and diamonds. “Those are typically the commodity areas that we focus on,” he says. Basson also mentions that B&E International is willing to partner on both short and long-term projects, but

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Emerging contractors are confronted by a variety of challenges that hinder their success – chief among them is the lack of technical skills and capacity to raise finance to buy the capital equipment they need to execute projects

B&E International is establishing strategic partnerships with emerging mining contractors, assuming the role of technical partner to provide both the equipment and the technical skills needed to execute the projects

B&E International’s biggest aim is to mitigate its partners’ financial and operational risk by ensuring that it operates processing plants at the lowest possible cost per tonne on a continuous and sustainable basis

Leveraging its skills and experience in the industry, B&E International has developed its own mobile, track-mounted coal crushing unit specifically configured to the needs of the coal market

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