LTA Autecon’s Metals & Minerals division, which has a proud industry track record of over 40 years in the construction of mining, steel, iron-making and mineral recovery process plants across Sub-Saharan Africa, is on track to complete a pivotal project in the Western Cape.
Namakwa Sands is one of the largest mining projects to be undertaken in South Africa in recent years. The scope of work for this milestone project includes the supply, fabrication, delivery and installation of structural steelwork, mechanical, plate work and piping (SMPP) for the new mineral processing plant – as well as associated overland piping – for the Namakwa Sands East OFS (Orange Feldspathic Sand) project.
Located at Brand-se-Baai, which is 385 kilometres north of Cape Town, this operation is owned by Tronox Mineral Sands Proprietary Limited, a subsidiary of Tronox Holdings plc, a multi-national mining and chemicals company.
Tronox mines, processes and beneficiates heavy minerals to produce titanium dioxide feedstock (chloride and sulphate grades), zircon, rutile and high purity iron. These products are used as feedstock in a wide range of applications including pigments, metals, ceramics and foundries.
