Digby Glover – TWP Holdings

Digby Glover

Position: CEO of TWP Holdings Main activity of the company: Technical, project management professional services to built environment Date and place of birth: February 20, 1971, Johannesburg Education: St Stithians College, BSc (Eng) Mech....

Petra buying De Beers Finsch diamond mine for R1,4b, TWP sourcing outside of ‘expensive’ South Africa, US Ex-Im Bank urged to end its 'fossil-fuel binge’

The London Aim-listed Petra Diamonds is buying yet another De Beers’ diamond mine, this time the automated Finsch. Mining and minerals project house TWP is looking closely at procuring goods and services from countries that “have a more...

TWP looks to Philippines, Turkey, China sourcing, South Africa ‘too expensive’

Mining and minerals project house TWP is looking closely at procuring goods and services from countries that “have a more competitive cost base than South Africa”, including the Philippines, Turkey and China. TWP chairperson Nigel Townshend...

Nigel Townshend

Position: CEO of TWP Group and Executive Director of Basil Read Main activity of the company: Provision of engineering, procurement and construction-management services to the global mining and minerals industry Date and place of birth: 1956,...

A risk worth taking

The history of TWP dates back to 1982, when a 25-year old Nigel Townshend obtained his PR Eng qualification and decided it was the right time to try and establish his own company.

TWP targets further growth and profits

Project house TWP Holdings has set itself the goal of tripling its turnover and profits by 2015. The company merged with construction giant Basil Read in December 2009 and is confident that the tie-up will allow both entities to boost their...

EPCM contract for Siana Gold Project in the Philippines awarded to TWP Australia

Red 5 Limited, a Western Australia-based gold exploration company listed on the ASX, has awarded TWP Australia the EPCM contract to develop the plant and associated infrastructure at the Siana Gold Project in the Surigao Gold District of the...

Little-known Imperial gets ‘lost' iron-ore rights, private-sector in on commodity rail channels, TWP to own, operate Zimbabwe gold plant

The iron-ore mineral rights that ArcellorMittal ‘lost' at the Sishen iron-ore mine have been awarded to the little-known Imperial Crown Trading, described on the company's website as a commodity broker and trader, with iron-ore at the top of its...

MERGING IN

While the merging of project house TWP into the Basil Read group is reportedly well under way, TWP's financial performance will only be reflected in the December 2010 accounts. Recovering TWP, currently on an up, is in a different cycle to Basil...

Mining division may be listed – Basil Read

The mining division of the JSE-listed Basil Read construction group may be hived off into a separately listed entity.

Basil Read CEO Marius Heyns tells Mining Weekly that the company is working on a strategy to extract optimum value for...

TWP to build, own, operate Zimbabwe gold plant

Project house TWP is building a gold plant in Zimbabwe on a build, own and operate (BOO) basis as part of a toll treating agreement with African Consolidated Resources. TWP CEO and Basil Read executive director Nigel Townshend tells Mining Weekly...