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SA consultancy acquired

25th April 2014

  

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German consulting and engineering company DMT has completed a majority holding acquisition of South Africa-based Kai Batla Minerals Industry Consultants.

The acquisition, completed in March, supports DMT’s global growth strategy in the natural resources and infrastructure sectors. Kai Batla is now a part of DMT’s International Mining Consulting (IMC) division and has been renamed DMT Kai Batla.

“I am very pleased to welcome DMT Kai Batla as a new member of the DMT Group. I am sure that this will open up opportunities for business development that will be beneficial for all involved,” says DMT Group MD Heinz-Gerd Koerner.

DMT Kai Batla will be integrated into the DMT Group and will lead the expansion of DMT’s services in Africa. Kai Batla MD Avinash Bisnath and Kai Batla technical director Sodhie Naicker will remain in their positions at DMT Kai Batla.

The DMT Kai Batla board will be joined by Bernd Teigler, of Germany, Chris Wells, of the UK, and TN Gunaseelan, of India.

“This merger is going to transform the landscape of the consulting industry in South Africa by introducing specialist skills not typically found in South Africa, especially in the oil and gas industry. DMT Kai Batla will reinforce its presence and provide new services to its existing and new clients,” says Bisnath.

DMT Group, headquartered in Essen, Germany, currently has a staff complement of about 1 000 professionals operating worldwide. Its activities focus on the fields of exploration, engineering, consulting and geotechnics in the core markets of mining, oil and gas, civil engineering and infrastructure and plant engineering.

DMT’s IMC division specialises in the mine consulting field and has more than 65 years’ experience. It provides professional mining expertise for companies, government bodies and investors globally and offers services covering the entire life cycle of a mine.

This extends from early-stage exploration, to resource and reserve evaluation, through feasibility, financing, permitting, construction, operation, expansion and, finally, to closure and rehabilitation.

DMT IMC also specialises in providing independent technical assessments, including due diligence, competent- and qualified-person reporting and valuations for project financing, initial public offerings, stock exchange listings and mergers and acquisitions, as well as project management and construction supervision.

Kai Batla is renowned for a range of services to the minerals industry, particularly geological mapping and related exploration services, mineral resource and reserve estimation, environmental services and mineral economics.

Edited by Samantha Herbst
Creamer Media Deputy Editor

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