Innovation is the Key Driver
Blu Sky Mining is a niche South African based engineering firm involved in project development, project management, design, engineering, procurement and construction of projects worldwide and is renowned for innovative process and plant designs.
Our Service Offering
- Key Staff with over 100 Mining and Metallurgy projects completed.
- Extensive operational experience to complement process design and optimize layout for maintenance and materials flow.
- Substantial processing experience including Gravity, Dense Media Separation, Enhanced Gravity Separation, WHIMS, LIMS, Ore Sorting, Filtration, Paste and co-disposal of slimes.
- Process flow development capabilities through experience gained at Lab and Pilot scale test work over a wide range of minerals and metals.
- Solid Business focussed decision-making with strong knowledge of supplier/equipment capabilities to optimize the Return on Investment.
- Follow through capability (from Scoping to Execution).
- Project turnarounds – re engineering previously unfeasible projects into profitable business cases.
Our Services
Test Work Management
Metallurgical Ore Characterisation
Process Engineering Design and Technology allocation
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- Optimisation of both brown field and Green field projects are part of our focus to add value to the project NPV.
- Such optimisation is the result of the design of sound metallurgical test regimes, accurate test execution and tailor made technology allocation according to the process requirements.
- Testwork executed with maximum client involvement.
- All interim results discussed with client to collaborate in ensuring next test phase is aligned with client expectations.
- Finally all these results are inputs to a financial model to ensure the lowest CAPEX and OPEX for the said project.
- All tests executed in accredited test facilities and laboratories.
- Interim and Final reporting.
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- The basis of ensuring a sound and focussed design of a test program, it is foremost important to create an understanding of the nature of the material to be subjected to the test regime. To create such an understanding, the following data is required:
- Geology
- Volume of material
- Geological composition
- Mineralogy
- QemScan analysis
- Sieve analysis and chemical analysis per size fraction
- Density of particles in sample.
- Metallurgical Processes
- Dense Medium separation (coarse, fine, ultra fine size fractions)
- Gravity separation (spiral, shaking table, Enhanced gravity)
- Size based (separate according to quality per size range)
- Magnetic separation (WHIMS, MIMS, LIMS)
- Density Based dry sorting
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- Process design is based on the outcome of the test program.
- Equipment allocated according to PSD and technology type
- OPEX and CAPEX evaluated to ensure maximum project NPV
- Plant Layouts
- Block Plan
- Mass and water balance
- Process Flow Diagrams
- Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams
- Equipment List
- Load Lists
- Data Sheets
- Mechanical, Structural, Electrical & Civil designs
- Process automation
- Modular plants
Process & Plant optimisation
Scoping & Pre Feasibility Studies
Project Execution
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- Plant Audits
- Material tests to evaluate separation efficiency
- Mass and water balance
- Process Flow Diagrams
- Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams
- Equipment List
- Load Lists
- Data Sheets
- Liberation optimization
- Technology efficiency
- Technology replacement
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- The scoping & feasibility studies involve most of the services as set out.on this page.
- Client involvement of paramount importance.
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- EPC projects
- EPCM projects
- Equipment supply only
- Part of the Owners team during project execution.
Our Qualifications
- Key Staff with over 100 Mining and Metallurgy projects completed.
- Extensive operational experience to complement process design and optimise layout for maintenance and materials flow optimization.
- Substantial processing experience including Gravity, Dense Media Separation, Enhanced Gravity Separation, WHIMS, LIMS, Density Based Sorting, Filtration, Paste and co- disposal of slimes.
- Strong process flow development capabilities through experience gained at Lab and Pilot scale test work over a wide range of minerals and metals.
- Solid Business focussed decision making with strong knowledge of supplier/equipment capabilities to optimise the Return on Investment.
- Follow through capability (from Scoping to Execution).
- Track record of project turnarounds – re engineering previously unfeasible projects into profitable business cases.
- One Stop service to the client.
Our Partners and Clients
Lasea van Niekerk (Director)
Mobile +27 (0)82 567 4824
Email address lvn@bluskymining.com
Graham Joyce (Director)
Mobile +27 (0)82 330 2069
Email address gj@bluskymining.com
Peet Kotze (Director)
Mobile +27 (0)78 741 2338
Email address pk@bluskymining.com
Blu Sky Mining is a niche South African based engineering firm involved in project development, project management, design, engineering, procurement and construction of projects worldwide and is renowned for innovative process and plant designs.