In sub-Saharan Africa, Fluor has applied our modular approach to design 60 process plant modules and 106 conveyor and services gantry modules for Debswana’s Letlhakane Mine Tailings Resource Treatment Project (LMTRTP) in Botswana.

The design of the modules was tailored specifically around the project size, location and client requirement. They were assembled locally at a yard off site and transported to the mine by road.

Fluor was awarded the engineering phase of the LMTRTP in 2014. The new 2 Mt/a plant would recover the existing coarse diamond tailings mineral resource and extend the life-of-mine of the Letlhakane operation by 20 years.

The design of this stand-alone plant was centered on a modular approach. The main process areas such as the Dense-Media Separation (DMS), scrubbing and crushing buildings were designed in such a manner as to allow them to be fully constructed from fit-for-purpose modules, thereby accelerating project execution.

We completed construction for the LMTRTP in November 2017.