Anglo American has selected engineering project house TWP Projects as a Tier 1 EPCM (Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management) services provider for its mining projects throughout southern Africa. This follows a stringent pre-selection process in line with Anglo’s global initiative to transform its procurement and supply chain operations. Tier 1 involves supplying EPCM services at the highest level for major mining projects.
TWP Projects, a part of the Basil Read Group, is one of only three EPCM service providers to be selected for this region.
“We are very excited and honoured by this mark of approval from one of the world’s largest mining companies,” says TWP Holdings CEO Digby Glover. “This kind of framework agreement allows strong partnerships to develop in a far more effective way than through the traditional per-contract agreements. It’s an extension of a concept pioneered by Vhumbanani Projects, our 50/50 joint venture business with DRA Minerals Projects, which was established to service Anglo Platinum’s concentrator plant expansion program.
“TWP has a long track record with Anglo American, especially with Anglo Platinum. It is understood that the ‘One Anglo’ initiative will allow TWP greater exposure to other areas of the Anglo American portfolio, such as coal and iron ore work. This is very positive, as it is important to broaden the scope of this agreement as much as possible to allow for the sustainable workload required to build a stable and effective team”, continues Glover.
“Providing EPCM services via a framework agreement such as this will give us greater insight into Anglo’s long-term project pipeline, affording us sufficient time to allocate skilled resources to these projects.”
The largest subsidiary in the TWP Holdings group, TWP Projects, is the foremost mining industry EPCM service provider in southern Africa, the company says. TWP Projects comprises four key divisions: Mining and Infrastructure, Process, Energy and Regional Offices, with two new divisions recently established: Infrastructure, and Oil and Gas. TWP provides a full range of innovative engineering and project management solutions to the mining and minerals industries, and general industrial and commercial concerns.