CAD rendering of a reagent plant in a platinum-concentrating facility.

Filter press at a cobalt-
processing plant.

Platinum-from-chrome concentrator.

Vacuum separators.

Belt filter.

Flotation cells at a platinum-processingplant.

Process Plants

BATEMAN provides services for smaller greenfield and brownfield projects in industries that process paper, sugar, chemicals and natural resources.

Engineering and management for process-plant projects:-

• On-site studies including scoping and optimisation studies

• Engineering, design and project management

• Project control

• Construction

• Commissioning

• Retrofits and plant upgrades

• Shutdown work.

Design and supply of processing plants:-

• Concentrating, smelting and refining

• Leaching, purification and beneficiation

• Solvent extraction and electrowinning

• Wastewater and effluent treatment

• Raw materials handling

• Dump recovery.

Typical unit operations include:-

• Milling, crushing and conveying

• Autoclave smelting

• Flotation

• Evaporation

• Reverse osmosis and demineralization

• Crystallisation

• Reagent handling

• Steam generation

• Air compression

• Heat transfer

• Pumping

• Cyclones separation

• Electrical distribution

• Automation and control (DCS, PLC and SCADA)

• Communication

• Potable-water generation

• Materials handling.

Greenfield and brownfield projects are implemented
on the following basis:-

• Turnkey contracts

• EPCM (engineering, procurement, construction and management) contracts

• Combination of the above arrangements allowing for risk and reward

Process packages for minerals and metals are provided from concept through to design, construction, installation, commissioning and ramp-up.

For your process-plant services, contact Dirk Schenk
Tel. +27-11-899-2735
Email processplants@batemanengineering.com