Modern Mining August 2020

estimates, says Anderson, is of high importance to Mining & Metals customers, as it offers realistic financial and cash flow planning, critical drivers for financial success in this industry. Understanding construction and commissioning aspects early in the study phase of a project, he says, is also an essential component that contributes to the development of accurate estimates. “We see this as a three-pronged approach which includes utilisation of our experienced personnel, robust systems and procedures, and innovative tools and systems to drive execution excellence and deliver project certainty,” says Anderson. With mining offices in Woodmead, Gauteng, South Africa and Gaborone, Botswana, Fluor oper- ates across an array of commodities, including

copper, gold, iron ore, diamonds, nickel, alumina/ aluminium, mineral sands, oil sands, uranium, coal and other precious base metals. Going underground High-quality ore bodies that can be accessed via surface mines are depleting, and mines need to go deeper to access the plentiful reserves that are still deep below the ground, notes Anderson. “We are currently seeing a global demand for new underground mines, as our key clients identify the need to transition from opencast to underground mining as surface reserves are depleting, as well as underground ore reserve replacement of expansion prospects are identified,” explains Anderson. It is no overstatement to say that underground

Fluor was awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management contract for all the surface infrastructure for the Khoemacau copper and silver starter project in northwest Botswana.

Fluor recently applied its modular approach for the first time in southern Africa at Debswana’s Letlhakane Diamond Mine’s tailings resource treatment plant.

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