Engineering project house TWP Projects has a wealth of skills and capabilities, including geology and mining engineering consulting, com- plex process plant services and project management, to name a few.

The company’s geology and mining engineering consulting service is strategically aligned with its project management philosophy. This service offering combines specific mining technical expertise to suit junior, midtier and major mining companies alike at various stages in the mining value chain.

In order to provide these professional services, the company employs registered professional engineers, technicians and registered natural scientists, with specialist skills and hands-on experience in precious metals, base metals, coal and diamonds, as well as in surface mining and shallow, deep and ultradeep underground mining.

Its range of in-house expertise can be applied to both greenfield and brownfield projects, providing a highly efficient one-stop-shop for all resource projects.

With regard to process plants, TWP Process Projects provides its clients with an engineering capability focused on minerals processing plants, base and precious metals refinery projects, and chemicals and water treatment plants.

Its engineers can develop pro- cessing plants to treat run-of-mine ore through to final pro-ducts using minerals processing, pyrometallurgical or hydrometallurgical techniques or a combination of these, depending on the orebody mineralogy, grade and requirement of the client. Similarly, processing routes can be developed for water treatment and chemical plants, depending on project-specific requirements.

The capabilities of TWP range from conceptual studies, prefeasibility studies, control budget estimates and definitive cost estimates to engineering, design, procurement, construction management, commissioning and optimisation of pilot plants and process plant production facilities.

TWP has recognised project management as a discipline in its own right, equivalent to the core engineering skills upon which the company prides itself.

To this end, it has introduced a focused Project Management Institute project management professional career development programme for its engineers and project managers, while its project management methodology follows the revised Project Management Body of Knowledge 2004 edition, providing project staff with defined guidelines through industry best practice.

Strategies incorporated into its project management process include those dealing with inte-gration management, scope management, time management, cost management, quality management, human resources management, communication management, risk management and procurement management.

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