We run testwork to characterise the resource, then design the flowsheet around what the ore actually does — not what a generic template suggests. From bench tests to site planning, our engineers size the equipment, model the throughput, and produce the drawings that take a project from concept to bankable feasibility.
Our 2,000 m² fabrication base in Brits, North West, is where the plants are built. Jaw crushers, impact crushers, spirals, cyclones, distributor heads, slurry tanks, structural steel — we fabricate in-house, which means we control the tolerances, the timelines, and the cost. Plants leave our gate as modular units ready for assembly on site.
BMM mobilises modular units to site, installs them on the civils, commissions them into operation, and stays on the ground until the plant is running to spec. We've delivered plants across South Africa and across the border into Zimbabwe, and we have the heavy-lift logistics to do it ourselves.
BMM operates plants for clients during commissioning and ramp-up, and we operate plants on our own account where the economics work. Today we run 90 TPH of chrome production out of two plants in Brits — that's not theoretical capacity, that's product in the bag every day, feeding directly into our trading book.
BMM has acquired industrial-scale leaching and processing equipment that we're re-engineering into modular hydrometallurgy plants. This gives our gold leaching builds in Zimbabwe — and future copper and PGM projects — access to refinery-grade equipment at a fraction of the cost of new-build. The equipment is being prepared for redeployment at our Brits base.
Mobilising a 100 TPH plant requires more than a truck. BMM operates its own fleet, including crane trucks and heavy-haulage equipment, so we control the move from our gate to the client's site — across the border where needed.
BMM has provided engineering consultancy on heavy industrial decommissioning projects, including methodology for cutting up a floating dry dock for the Transnet National Ports Authority. Where our process and fabrication engineering applies in reverse, we can support clients on retirement and dismantling.
BMM provided consulting input on cutting-up methodology for the Sandock Austral / TNPA floating dry dock.
BMM provided consulting input on cutting-up methodology for the Sandock Austral / TNPA floating dry dock.