TAKRAF to supply mining and logistic equipment for CBG’s bauxite plant in Guinea

TAKRAF GmbH has won a contract from Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) for the turnkey supply and installation of a bauxite handling plant in Guinea, West Africa.

The Leipzig based company has experience in development, design, fabrication and commissioning of equipment and systems for the global mining and material handling industry. The contract value is approximately €100 million. CBG is jointly owned by mining majors ALCOA, RIO TINTO, DADCO and the State of Guinea and it has been involved in the mining and export of bauxite for more than 50 years. The company has put up an ambitious plan to increase their export capacity and awarded a contract to TAKRAF to supply equipment for the unloading of railcars and crushing and conveying of the bauxite.

Since the installations will be taking place in a brownfield project, the new supplies and modifications to the existing plant have to be carried out while the plant is in operation. The project also has strict deadline and logistic limitations. The commissioning is expected to take place during the second half of 2018.

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TAKRAF is affiliated to TENOVA spa, a Milan based technology based group that further belongs to the Italian engineering company TECHINT, a leading integrated supplier of technology and turnkey industrial plants.

The West African country Guinea has the world’s largest bauxite reserves, the largest chunk of which still remains unexplored. A number of mining majors have recently invested in Guinea bauxite mining sector to exploit the potentials.