Modern Mining May 2018

CRUSHING, SCREENING AND MILLING

B&E targets the coal sector Having recently completed a turnkey project to design, manufacture and com- mission a large coal crushing plant for an Mpumalanga-based colliery, B&E International is increasingly broadening its scope beyond its traditional hard rock environment into the coal sector.

A ccording to Sandile Mazibuko, Director of Operations at B&E International, the company first broke into the coal sector some 15 years ago and has processed at least 25 million tonnes since then at more than 30 sites around South Africa’s coalfields. “We probably process about 4,8 million tonnes a year currently, using our static and mobile plants,” he says. “The resultant prod- uct is for export and thermal markets and comes from both opencast and underground operations.” The 1 000 tonne per hour coal crushing plant in Mpumalanga, he says, is a demonstration of the company’s capability to deliver engineering, procurement, construction and management (EPCM) projects to the coal sector, with a con- siderable cost benefit to the customer. “We are now even able to provide rehabilitation ser- vices as part of our offering,” says Mazibuko. A member of the JSE-listed Raubex Group, B&E International is a well-established player

in hard rock crushing and screening, with extensive in-house capacity to design and man- ufacture both mobile and static plants. “One of our main advantages is the flex- ibility we can offer our customers in terms of both their equipment specifications and their operating model,” he says. “While our offer- ings of mobile crushing plants are generally well known, we also design and construct larger static plants to suit customers’ exact requirements and can even operate their plant for them.” In addition to its technical capability and project expertise, B&E International has also developed innovative partnership solutions to meet growing requirements for local economic participation in coal projects. Small and large coal operators face growing expectations in their local economies to ensure more positive spin-off from the benefits of mining. “For many years, every mine’s Social and Labour Plan has encouraged the spread of ben- efits to local businesses and communities and

B&E International’s Sandile Mazibuko.

A B&E International static plant operating in Belfast.

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