De Beers Combined Treatment Plant, Kimberley, South Africa
| Location: | South Africa |
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| Owner: | De Beers Consolidated Mines |
| Lead Contractor: | Kentz (Pty) Ltd |
| Value: | US $5,000,000 |
| Peak Manpower: | 480 |
| Duration/Finish: | 17 months/2002 |
| Description: | Kentz (Pty) Ltd were responsible for the supply and installation of all material associated with the electrical and instrumentation scope of work |
Scope of Work:
The new 1.7 million carat per annum CTP has the capacity of treating 1050 tons of material per hour and 7.1 million tons per year. It consists of a materials-receiving area where trucks and conveyors will deliver to a scrubbing, screening and oversize crushing area, dense – media separation plant, re-crushing section, recovery – sort house facility and slimes treatment and disposal areas. It is a high-tech Greenfields Project on a downscaling site.
The scope consisted of cable rack, support steel, conduit, electrical cable, instrument cable, fibre optic cable, cable terminations, light fittings, drives, transformers, instruments and control systems.