Modern Mining September 2018

MINING News

DRA Global secures Assmang’s Gloria project

excited to partner with Assmang (Pty) Ltd once again.” The project completion and final handover is expected in late 2021. 

Multidisciplinary global engineering firm DRA Global has secured an EPCM con- tract with Assmang (Pty) Limited’s Black Rock Mine Operations for the replacement of the Gloria Manganese Mine’s under- ground rock handling infrastructure and surface plant in South Africa’s Northern Cape. Assmang is jointly owned by African Rainbow Minerals Limited and Assore Limited. DRA will be responsible for the EPCM of the project with a focus on the optimisa- tion and modernisation of the mine, which will provide further flexibility to sustain the Life of Mine production expectations through the replacement of underground rock-handling infrastructure as well as a new surface plant and its associated infrastructure. “Due to our long-standing relationship and successful track record of project deliv- ery for Assmang, DRA was approached as the EPCM partner for the Gloria project,” explains JC Heslinga, Senior Vice President

Projects at DRA. “Our history with the proj- ect, from initial scoping phases through to the feasibility study, makes DRA the logical fit for project implementation, and we are

A view of Assmang’s Black Rock Mine Operations.

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