BATEMAN awarded license for NORAM's sulphuric-acid
technology
Bateman Engineering N.V. (BATEMAN) has been granted a license by
Noram Engineering and Constructors (NORAM of Vancouver, Canada), in
terms of which BATEMAN will become the exclusive licensee for NORAM's
sulphuric-acid plant technologies in the sub-Saharan area.
As a result of this agreement, BATEMAN will undertake projects on sulphuric-acid
facilities across the entire spectrum, from plant audits to feasibility
studies, design, procurement, construction and commissioning of complete
new plants, and upgrading facilities, where BATEMAN will be able to
retrofit individual pieces of equipment into existing plants. Plant
capacities can range from as little as 100 t/day of sulphuric acid to
the largest practical capacities. Plant-emission levels can meet client
requirements or be designed to meet the most stringent international
environmental legislation and best practice.
BATEMAN, registered in the Netherlands, is a technologically-driven
engineering-project house providing the minerals and metals industries
worldwide with solutions to the challenges of converting natural resources
into marketable products. Services comprise process-orientated engineering,
specialist niche technologies, financial and commercial facilitation
and contracting and project management.
NORAM is a world leader in the supply of sulphuric-acid technology
with emphasis on the de-bottlenecking and upgrading of existing sulphuric-acid
facilities. NORAM also has a number of patented and trademarked equipment
designs which sets it apart from other international players. Founded
in 1988, this privately owned Vancouver-based company offers leading-edge
technologies to the chemical, pulp and paper, minerals processing, environmental
and electrochemical sectors.
The key process and technological advantages offered by NORAM include:
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Proprietary and proven technology, including NORAM's advanced gas/gas
heat exchangers, seeing service in over 80 installations worldwide
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Patented and compact design features that produce smaller plot
plans and improved capital cost
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Equipment designed for reduced operating costs and improved safety
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State-of-the-art engineering design tools and proprietary software,
including static and dynamic modelling of plants.
This technology complements and extends BATEMAN's capability to serve
the minerals- and metals-processing industry where sulphuric-acid plants
are required as part of a minerals-processing complex or fertiliser
plant, or to produce sulphuric acid as a by-product to augment revenue.
According to the agreement, NORAM will provide the technology and proprietary
equipment based on its proven North American and European track record.
BATEMAN will contribute its project-execution experience, drawing on
its 85-year track record which includes over 1 000 projects in more
than 50 countries since 1980. On the African continent, BATEMAN has
worked in approximately 20 countries.
More details may be obtained from Dirk Schenk, General Manager, Special
Projects on +27-11-899-2735 or email special.projects@batemanengineering.com.
