Sishen South Project
Kumba Iron Ore (Anglo American) | South Africa | 2008–2011
18 million
man-hours with 0 LTIs
Below budget
with no contingency used
Completed
project ahead of schedule
0.7 Mtpa
over design capacity in first year of production
Challenges
- Establish a nearby greenfield processing-and-material-handling facility to produce an initial 9 Mtpa of iron ore from the Kolomela mine.
- Develop the Kolomela mine as a direct-shipping operation to meet the increased demand for high-grade iron ore.
Solutions
- Provided full engineering, procurement, project and construction management for the plant, stockyard, and load-out facility.
- Expanded the purpose of the Kolomela mine to include a direct-shipping operation.
- Designed and managed the rail link from the mine to the main Sishen–Saldanha line as a separate project.
- Assumed construction management of the housing development for operations staff in 2011 and completed 718 houses.
Highlights
- Winner, Kumba Iron Ore’s Gold “Laurel” Safety Award (2011)
- Project completed within budget and ahead of schedule
Project numbers
R6.5 billion(Hatch’s role: R2.3 billion)30,000m3of concrete poured
1,450 tonnesof plate work
1,300 tonnesof structural steel
1,100 tonnesof conveyors
335mechanical equipment items
205 kmof electric and instrument cables
26 kmof piping
840jobs created
