At the Construction World Best Projects gala event on November 3, Hatch won the Consulting Engineers award for Kenmare Resources’ (Kenmare) Wet Concentrator Plant B relocation project in Mozambique, Southern Africa.
The Moma Titanium Minerals Mine in northern Mozambique, owned and operated by Kenmare, is one of the largest titanium minerals deposits in the world. Mining is principally undertaken using dredges that float in artificial mining ponds.
The dredges mine the mineral-rich dunes from the ponds and pump the mineral sands to the floating Wet Concentrator Plant.
To increase production at the Moma Mine on a sustainable basis from 2021 onwards, the Wet Concentrator Plant B was moved twenty-three kilometres (km) from its location at the Namalope mine to a new high grade ore zone called Pilivili. Kenmare engaged Hatch to provide full engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services for the relocation of the wet concentrator, including the dredge and associated infrastructure at Pilivili.
“We are very proud to be recognised with a Construction World Best Projects award for our work with Kenmare Resources on the Wet Concentrator Plant B relocation,” commented Gordon Jackson, project manager for Hatch. “This record-breaking move was completed safely, overcoming the many challenges brought on by COVID-19, a harsh environment, and a remote, difficult-to-access site. And it was completed only three weeks after the originally planned date.”
