Typical to capital projects is that mining companies do not maintain the in-house staff required to perform the design and construction management of major new capital projects. They use outside professional firms and contractors to provide the necessary engineering, procurement, management and construction.
Traditionally EPC companies would go as far as carrying out Front-end engineering design and procurement of a contract miner. Still, unlike infrastructure and process plants, EPC companies do not accept design and or mining responsibility.
It is only due to experience gained whilst assisting numerous mining clients since the early 90s with engineering designs, planning, procurement, contractor management and operational improvement that we realised the need for EPC during mine development exists.
To ensure sustainable mining and create long-term value for our clients, stakeholders and teams, mine development through EPC is at the core of our global strategy. We are committed to assisting our customers during the crucial stages of mine development and ensuring that mining startups, expansions and changes in mining type are conducted safely and smoothly. We have established a unique and successful approach to managing risk across first-of-a-kind mining projects, ensuring efficient and cost-effective delivery.
Discipline
To ensure sustainable mining we apply a unique skillset during mine development
Engineering design
Our expertise offers many years of experience gained during outsourced engineering and operation management assignments in Front-end Engineering Designs, LOM designs, execution engineering and re-engineering of open-pit mines.
Mining consultancy
From study work to PMC through to EPCM in a wide variety of commodities, our group companies have an established track record of assignments conducted over three decades for junior and major mining companies.
First principle costing
Some of our core expertise, formerly employed by infrastructure construction, open-pit contract mining and OEM companies, was explicitly responsible for the first-principle costing of projects. In later years, the systems and software applied by our expertise in those companies above became the standard for all TacminMadini assignments.
Equipment and resource requirements
Decades of contracting and open-pit mine operations experience gained by our core expertise have made it possible to determine equipment and resource requirements associated with all aspects of open-pit mining. Our expertise usually applies those described above during studies, engineering, cost estimates and procurement.
Procurement of contractors
As a result of our first-principle costing expertise, our tender enquiries are preceded by zero-profit margin bids and often traded off against owner-operator mining enquiries, enabling us to capture the best market prices.
Commercial agreements
Over the years, our expertise has drafted and established a library of project-specific commercial agreements, several of which were managed by us during execution.
Operational improvements
Projects are delivered by experienced operations managers who collaborate with our technical expertise ensuring that operations are executed per the technical work by which it is guided.
Contractor management
Our company has a sound track record in engineering, procurement and management of large contract mining companies to deliver the objectives as set out; most of those projects mentioned above were severally distressed at the time of engagement.
Project controls
TacminMadini's MPC CoE plays a significant role throughout mining project delivery assignments. Among others, this includes methods, processes, budget allocations, or modes of operation that significantly change the outcome of a project.
