Intensive procurement strategy for world first uranium mine

South African engineering company Bateman Engineering has embarked on engineering and procurement for the Maxi phase of the greenfield Trekkopje uranium project in the heart of Namibia’s Namib Desert. French nuclear giant Areva, through its subsidiaries, Areva Resources Namibia and Areva Processing Namibia, is developing the world’s first uranium mine to make use of an alkaline heap-leach process. An integrated procurement strategy has been employed, using combined Areva and Bateman vendor databases. Before beginning procurement, an intensive value-engineering exercise ensured that the plant design was optimal in respect of capital expenditure, operational expenditure and functionality.

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