Experience
Mining infrastructure
Tacmin’s mining infrastructure experience reflects sustained involvement in developing and delivering the enabling infrastructure required to establish and sustain mining operations. Across diverse mining environments and jurisdictions, this experience demonstrates how well-planned and integrated infrastructure supports safety, operational readiness, production continuity and long-term asset performance. The historical projects presented below provide the practical foundation for evaluating infrastructure requirements, defining delivery pathways, coordinating multidisciplinary capability and delivering operationally effective mining infrastructure.
The projects listed below reflect historical involvement in the definition, procurement, construction and integration of infrastructure supporting mining operations. This work included processing and materials-handling facilities, tailings and water infrastructure, access works, utilities and associated civil infrastructure delivered within active mining environments. Engagements involved construction sequencing, contractor coordination, safety and environmental controls, quality assurance and commissioning, where infrastructure performance directly influenced operational readiness, production continuity and delivery outcomes.
| Project | Client | Country | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nimba Iron Ore Project | Nimba Development Company | Guinea - Liberia | FEED preparation pit to port |
| Thorncliffe crushing & screening | CMI Lydenburg | South Africa - Mpulalanga | Construction & project management |
| Pering crushing & screening | Shell Metals division | South Africa - Northern Cape | Construction & project management |
| Tailings dam construction | Barrick - Newmont | Dominican Republic | Project management |
| Rail road construction (mine access) | Swaziland Coal Mine | Swaziland - Manzini region | Construction & project management |
| Roads & Infrastructure (mine access) | South Africa Government | South Africa - Bushveld Comlex | Construction & project management |
| Stormwater Diversion Dam | JCI Mining Company | South Africa - Free State | Construction & project management |
Earthworks & infrastructure | Randfontein Mines | South Africa - Gauteng | Construction & project management |
| Emergency dam | Eskom | South Africa - Free State | Construction & project management |
| Returnwater dam | JCI Mining Company | South Africa - Free State | Construction & project management |
| Tailings dam | JCI Mining Company | South Africa - Free State | Construction & project management |
| Community infrastructure development | Randfontein Mines | South Africa - Gauteng | Construction & project management |
| Haul road ore transport | Witkop Fluorspar Mine | South Africa - North West | Design and construct |
(1) Project experience gained by senior consultants, shareholders and executive management
Grounded in practical mining infrastructure experience.
Sarel Blaauw
senior partner
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