Sandvik in West Africa

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Sandvik awarded major contracts in West Africa

Sandvik Mining & Construction has been awarded three contracts by Socit Nationale Industrielle et Minire (SNIM) for the supply of iron ore materials handling equipment and drill rigs for the Port Minralier de Nouadhibou and the open-pit mine in Zourate, Mauritania.

These contracts with will all be delivered within 24 months.

The state owned company SNIM is developing several iron ore mines in the region of Zourate, located in the North West of Mauritania. Current annual production is 12 million tons of iron ore, which the company plans to increase to 25 million tons by 2015.

The first contract was awarded for the rehabilitation of the handling facilities of the port in Nouadhibou, with the objective of increasing production. The scope of work includes design, engineering, project management, quality assurance, manufacturing, fabrication, transportation, construction/erection on site, and commissioning and testing of one boom-type bucket wheel reclaimer, two luffable and slewable stackers, and four in-plant conveyors and transfer points. This turn-key system will have a capacity of 6000 t/h.

The second and third contracts consist of two Sandvik D90KS drill rigs and one top hammer DC121R drill rig. In the past, Sandvik has delivered several H series crushers to Zourate and Nouadhibou.

“These contracts confirm Sandvik’s leading position as a solution provider to the mining industry and our ability to deliver advanced technology and broad-based service suitable to our customers needs,” says Lars Josefsson, President of Sandvik Mining and Construction.

Sandvik is a global industrial group with advanced products and world-leading positions in selected areas – tools for metal cutting, machinery and tools for rock excavation, stainless materials, special alloys, metallic and ceramic resistance materials as well as process systems. The Group had at the end of 2007 about 47,000 employees and representation in 130 countries, with annual sales of more than SEK 86,000 M.

Sandvik Mining and Construction is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a leading global supplier of machinery, cemented-carbide tools, service and technical solutions for the excavation and sizing of rock and minerals in the mining and construction industries. Annual sales 2007 amounted to about SEK 33,100 M, with approximately 15,200 employees.

For further information contact:

Paul Kuchinka, VP Surface Mining, Region SEM, tel +43 3842 2077 160

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https://edir.bulk-online.com/profile...s-handling.htm

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