Diamond process plant for
Russia’s Perm region
BATEMAN has supplied a modular diamond sampling plant to JSC "Permgeologodobycha",
a newly-formed company established specifically for geological prospecting,
discovery and exploitation of alluvial diamond deposits in the Perm
Region of Russia. JSC "Permgeologodobycha" is located in the
town of Krasnovishersk in Perm and is a subsidiary of JSC "Uralkaly"
- one of the world’s largest producers of potassium fertiliser.
The plant will be used to process diamondiferous alluvial
material with the objective of determining diamond grade efficiently
using state-of-the-art dense-media separation (DMS) technology. The
contract, worth in excess of US$300 000, commenced in January 2003 and
was completed at the end of June 2003. BATEMAN was responsible for equipment
supply, commissioning, and personnel training. In order to meet the
tight deadline, which required delivery of the equipment to the site
within four months of the contract being signed, the plant had to be
air-freighted from Johannesburg to Europe and then taken by road over
a distance of some 6 000 km to Krasnovishersk.
The equipment supplied included a 5 t/h DMS modular
plant and a 1,5 m diameter by 3 m scrubber. As nonnuclear sources are
preferred in Russia for diamond sorting, the DMS plant was designed
with an appropriate density controller.
Since BATEMAN’s modular process plants are pre-tested
at the factory and delivered in modular form, they require minimal civil
construction on site, making them ideally suited for remote locations
such as Krasnovishersk, where skilled labour and a sophisticated infrastructure
are not readily available. In addition, tickborne encephalitis poses
a serious health threat in this region.
The contract for the diamond sampling plant was signed
within only four months of the date of the first client meeting, which,
says James Nieuwenhuys, BATEMAN General Manager, Diamonds, was due not
only to its standing as a world leader in engineering diamond process
plants, but also to its knowledge and experience of working in different
countries and across different cultures.
For further information, please contact James Nieuwenhuys
on +27-11-899-2262 or email
jamesn@bmi.co.za; or
Robert Abate, General Manager, Modular Plants,
on +27-11-899-2238 or email
rabate@bmi.co.za.
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