About Us
We are a proudly black owned and run company, with 50% women owning and managing the company
We have excellent experience in mining and beneficiation, with about 120 years of experience in various aspects of the business from operations to strategy
Creating value for our customers
Transforming the Future
In this new era, we see a world of opportunities. Covid 19 was a challenge, but also an opportunity. It showed that remote working, especially consulting work, can be done from anywhere that you have a good internet connection. It also reduces our carbon footprint
Our mission is to revolutionize how our clients mine, and use the products of the mine to better, cleaner and more efficiently
We’ll get there together with new ideas that challenge the status quo, technologies and innovations to create a better world
Mission.
Revolutionize how our clients mine, and use the products of the mine to better, cleaner and more efficiently
Vision
Exceptional ideas come from:
Engaging great people who make a difference
Doing our homework
Innovating in all that we do
Nurturing long-term relationships
Ensuring cost effective, efficient delivery
Living our commitments with integrity
Being unconditionally honest
Our Technical Team
Faizal van der Schyff
Technical Director
Expertise and education
- Professional Engineer (Industrial); BSc Mech Eng; MBA; Govt Certificate of Competency (Mines and Works)
- 32 years experience including as: GM Operations; Mgr of Business Improvement and R&D; Mgr Production; Group Mgr Procurement; Mgr Outbound logistics; Mgr Technical Services; Engineer Maintenance systems and QA/Environmental systems
Areas of focus
- Value stream analysis
- Business models value creation
- Continuous Improvement
- Production budgeting
- Opex budgeting
- Maintenance support systems
- Quality Assurance
- Procurement
Projects
- Phosacid plant technical due diligence
- Copper mine due diligence
- Magnetite upgrade plant – business case
- Recovery increase project
- Cut-off grade – technical and financial analysis
- Increased concentrate grade – technical and financial analysis
- Energy saving and carbon footprint
LinkedIn Skills and Endorsements
- 17 for Mining
- 16 for Project Planning
- 16 for Continuous Improvement
- 13 for Operations Management
- 13 for Procurement
- 10 for Process Engineering
- 9 for Quality Management
- 9 for Business Process Improvement
- 8 for Process Control
- 7 for Manufacturing
- 6 for Business Strategy
- 6 for Project Engineering
- 6 for Budgets
- 4 for Engineering
- 3 for Business Analysis
- 3 for Project Management
Name
Chief Chemical Engineer
Expertise and education
- B.Sc Chemical Engineering; Project management
- 15 Years experience including as: Manager: Technical services; Manager Operations; Manager Optimization and planning; Manager strategic sourcing; Process Engineering; Complex projects
Areas of focus
- Process optimization
- Business Improvement
- Project management and plant commissioning
- Strategic procurement
Projects
- Re-engineer the business process and resources to improve profitability
- Air emission and effluent reduction project
- Use of Gypsum byprodut to produce wall panels as building materials
- Use of fluosilicic acid byproduct to produce aluminium triflouride
- New fertilizer development
- Commision new start-up scrubbers
- Deflourinated phosphoric acid – feasibility studies to basic engineering
- Purified phosphoric acid – feasibility to basic design and EIA
- Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies in procurement
LinkedIn Skills and Endorsements
- 15 for Project Engineering
- 12 for Commissioning
- 7 for Chemical Engineering
- 7 for Maintenance Management
- 5 for HAZOP
- 5 for HAZOP Study
- 4 for P&ID
- 3 for Petrochemical
- 3 for Process Simulation
- 3 for DCS
- 3 for Pumps
- 3 for Process Safety
- 3 for Engineering
- 3 for Project Planning
Our support team
Sandy van der Schyff
Marketing and Admin Director
With years of experience in Admin, she keeps us on track
Chief Projects Engineer
Expertise and education
Areas of focus
Projects
Niek Booyse
Senior Metallurgist
Expertise and education
- Certificate in Metallurgy
- 35 years experience including as: Process consultant; Superintendent Production; Superintendent Flotation; Plant Metallurgist; Research Metallurgist; Senior Process Engineer; Head of plant training
Areas of focus
- Igneous phosphate flotation
- Sedimentary phosphate flotation
- Training of operational personnel
- Fluorspar plant operations
- Laboratory operations
- Budgeting
Projects
- Robotic lab
- Sedimentary phosphate flotation
- Cyclone design and commissioning
- Flotation plant design and commissioning