Como Engineers appointed as Kupang smelter project manager
Friday, March 20 2015 - 01:34 AM WIB
ASX-listed Gulf Minerals Corporation Limited said that Como Engineers (Como) has been appointed project manager for the construction of its Kupang smelter project, in Indonesia?s East Nusa Tenggara Province.
The company said in a statement Friday that XRAM Technologies Pty Ltd has been nominated as the pyrometallurgical engineers on behalf of Como.
Gulf said major site work is due to commence on July 1, 2015 for the first production of high carbon ferro- manganese alloy to be tapped by July 1, 2016.
Gulf is developing as an ASEAN focused manganese ore and alloy producer. The facilities based in the West Timor capital Kupang will take advantage of the low cost of ore, labour and power being the majority of operating costs. Production will be a premium quality 78 percent ferromanganese alloy resulting from the unique qualities of the Indonesian high-grade low impurities manganese ore.
It is proposed to build 8 furnaces over a 4 year period for a total capital cost of $52 million. Each furnace costing $5.6 million has a capacity of 20,000 tons alloy production per year with power supplied by a third party on a user pay basis.
The first two furnaces will be built during 2015 and are expected to come online in January 2016.This will be followed by a further two furnaces each year in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Como Engineers, established 1986, is a well-respected mechanical and mineral processing engineering company based in Western Australia with an office in Jakarta. Como has extensive experience in the mining industry projects both in Australia and overseas, particularly Indonesia. Como has been involved in the PT Arutmin Indonesia (BHP) Coal Ports, Way Linggo Project for Kingrose and also for the Finders Resources Ltd Operation on Wetar Island.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak