Crocodile River Platinum Concentrator 

BATEMAN is again engaged on a project at the Crocodile River PGM (platinum group metals) concentrator, located between Brits and Hartebeespoort Dam west of Pretoria, RSA. Barplats, a subsidiary of Impala Platinum Limited, has awarded BATEMAN an EPCM (engineering, procurement, construction and management)project aimed at restarting operations at the concentrator.
 


Milling and grinding circuit supplied to
Crocodile River Mine (Lefkochrysos) in 1988/89.

The concentrator was originally supplied by BATEMAN to Lefkochrysos, as the operation was initially known, in 1988/9 and in1990/91 Bateman – Van Eck & Lurie returned to site to complete several contracts from Rand Mines for modifications and additions to the plant. Due to mining problems and low PGM prices, the plant was mothballed in 1992 until recently when the current owners, Barplats, decided to restart operations.

The objective of the current project is to restart the plant with minor modifications and some new additions in the form of dense media separation, classification and load-out facilities. The product will be sent for further processing to Impala’s Rustenburg smelter.

Although the whole project is scheduled for completion by the end of the year, it will be done in phases. A definitive cost estimate is to be provided first to finalise costs. The project will then continue into the final design, engineering, procurement and construction phases. While the overall cost is still to be determined, BATEMAN’s share of the project amounts to R7,5M.

Please contact John Baker, BATEMAN Project Manager,
on +27-11-899-9111 or email pgm@batemanengineering.com

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