Johannesburg - Aveng Grinaker-LTA’s mechanical and electrical engineering division, working in partnership with Aveng Botswana, has been selected as the preferred electrical and instrumentation contractor for the Letlhakane Mine tailings resource treatment plant project.
Aveng Grinaker-LTA, an operating group of listed Aveng, did not disclose the value of the contract. The Letlhakane Mine is situated about 220 kilometres east of Francistown and is the deepest of Debswana’s mines.
The mine is the second oldest of four diamond operations owned and operated by Debswana, a partnership between De Beers and the government of Botswana.
Aveng said last week that the scope of work included the supply and installation of electrical and instrumentation equipment at the Debswana mine.
It said the contract would take nine months to complete. Shawn Shanahan, the operations manager for Aveng Grinaker-LTA, said they were up against some fierce competition and it was a great achievement to be awarded this contract.”
The project ties in with our strategy to grow our business across Africa where Aveng Grinaker-LTA aims to secure more projects over the next few years,” he said.
Aveng shares lost 3.79 percent to close at R4.57 on Friday on the JSE.
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