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First Turnkey main fan station commissioned at Anglocoals’s Zondagsfontein colliery projectRead more...

 

Turnkey trifurcated main fan station commissioned at Lonmin’s safety shaftRead more...

 

Energy saving guide-vanes for fans at Anglo Platinum’s Rustenburg and Amandelbult operations Read more...

BBE completes first two surface main fan station turnkey projects Read more...

 

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Barrick Africa
Bulyanhulu Mine (Tanzania)
2009-2010 Read more...

AngloGold Ashanti
Cuiabá Gold Mine (Brazil)
2009-2010 Read more...

Anglo Platinum
Townlands Mine
2008-2010 Read more...

Rio Tinto
Palabora Mine
2008-2010 Read more...

AngloGold Ashanti
Tau Lekoa Mine
2008-2009 Read more...

AngloGold Ashanti
Moab Khotsong Mine
2008-2009 Read more...

Barrick Africa
Bulyanhulu Mine (Tanzania)
2007 Read more...

AngloGold Ashanti
Mponeng Mine
2006-2007 Read more...

Gold Fields
South Deep Mine,
94th Level
2007-2010 Read more...

Impala Platinum
No. 20 Shaft
2007-2008 Read more...

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Impala Platinum
No. 16 Shaft
2007-2008 Read more...

21

AngloGold Ashanti
Obuasi Mine - GCS Shaft (Ghana)
2005-2007 Read more...

20

Rio Tinto
Argyle Diamond Mine (Australia)
2006-2007 Read more...

19

Lonmin Platinum
Karee No.4 Shaft
2005-2006 Read more...

18

AngloGold Ashanti
Obuasi Mine - KMS Shaft (Ghana)
2005-2007 Read more...

17

Zinifex
Rosebery Mine (Australia)
2006 Read more...

16

Impala Platinum
No.14B Shaft
2005 Read more...

15

Impala Platinum
No.11C Shaft
2005 Read more...

14

VALE / CVRD
Taquari Vassouras Mine (Brazil)
2004-2005 Read more...

13

Anglo Platinum
Union Section Spud Shaft
2004-2005 Read more...

12

Falconbridge
Kidd Creek Mine (Canada)
2004-2005 Read more...

11

VALE / CVRD
Taquari Vassouras Mine (Brazil)
2002-2003 Read more...

10

VALE / CVRD
Taquari Vassouras Mine (Brazil)
2002-2003 Read more... 9

Impala Platinum
No.12N Shaft
2003 Read more...

8

Harmony
Evander No.8 Shaft
2003 Read more...

7

Gold Fields
Driefontein No.5SV Shaft
42nd Level
2003 Read more...

6

Northam Platinum
2003 Read more...

5

Anglo Platinum
Amandelbult No.2 Shaft
2003-2004 Read more...

4

Anglo Platinum
Amandelbult No.2 Shaft
2003-2004 Read more...

3

Impala Platinum
No.1B Shaft
2002-2003 Read more...

2

Impala Platinum
No.14 Shaft
2000-2001 Read more...

1

VALE / CVRD
Taquari Vassouras Mine (Brazil)
2000-2001 Read more...

Projects : Energy management

The worldwide trend to improved energy-efficient designs, combined with a shortage of generation capacity in South Africa has led to a number of projects in this field.  Funding has also been made available by Eskom (the South African power supply company) through its Demand-Side Management [DSM] programme to provide capital and to stimulate energy-saving initiatives to reduce the likelihood of power outages until additional generating capacity becomes available.  Differential time-of-use tariffs are also sufficient reward for projects that can move energy consumption from high-tariff to low-tariff periods.

Projects undertaken to date include:-

  • adjustable inlet guide-vanes on main fans to reduce air-flow and power consumption during strategic time periods, particularly high-tariff periods [energy-saving]
  • ice-thermal storage systems where refrigeration machines are converted to produce ice during off-peak periods which can then be melted during peak-tariff periods allowing the machines to be turned off [energy shifting]
  • bladder-type thermal storage systems where existing dams are converted to contain warm and cold water simultaneously in differing ratios, such that machines can be stopped during peak periods and cold water be drawn from the same dam that warm water is being returned to.
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The increase in activity in this sphere led to the creation in 2009 of BBEnergy [hyperlink] which now has its own section on our web-site.