Bateman Engineering N.V. ("Bateman Engineering or the “Company")

5 February 2008  (London)

Contract award from BHP Billiton

Bateman Engineering is pleased to announce the award of a contract valued at approximately ZAR146 million (US$ 20 million) from BHP Billiton Energy Coal South Africa Ltd (“BECSA”) for the provision of coal handling infrastructure for its Klipspruit Colliery located in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

The award will be undertaken as an LSTK contract. Work is expected to commence shortly and the project is due to be completed in the second half of 2009.

The new plant is part of BECSA’s expansion of its Klipspruit opencast coal mine where capacity is being increased from 4.8 Mtpa to 8.0 Mtpa. The increased production will be used to supply both Eskom and for export customers. The coal will be processed through the Phola Coal Processing Plant, a recently announced joint venture between BECSA and Anglo Coal, which will process 16.0 Mtpa of coal when completed, 8.0Mtpa for each partner.

Commenting on the award, Dr Sivi Gounden, Chief Executive Officer of Bateman Engineering, said:

“This award builds on Bateman Engineering’s strength in delivering materials handling systems for world class mines. Bateman Engineering is proud of its longstanding relationship with BHP Billiton and the award of this contract.” 

Enquiries:

Bateman Engineering
Dr. Sivi Gounden, CEO		+27 11 899 2673
Jonathan Ben-Cnaan, CFO		+41 79 756 6039

Dresdner Kleinwort
Alex Metherell		+44 20 7623 8000
Keith Welch		+44 20 7623 8000
College Hill
Nicholas Potter (Analysts)			+44 20 7457 2037
Matthew Gregorowski (Media)			+44 20 7457 2029

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Bateman Engineering is a technology-driven engineering-project house serving the minerals and metals industries worldwide. Bateman Engineering’s shares (BATE.L) are traded on AIM, a market of the London Stock Exchange. Since 29 June 2007 its shares have been included in the FTSE AIM 100 Index. The company is currently capitalised at approximately £140 million.