Swartkop Project

Project Details:

• Organisations had to be invited to tender, based on Aberdare’s tender submission, and reputation for quality, Aberdare was the first choice.
• Amec Foster Wheeler and Husab were both very impressed with the way in which Aberdare handled this project.
• Great exposure on the mine for Aberdare as 2 big cable yards are occupied.
• Aberdare was awarded 80% of the cable requirement this stage, enquiries for the additional 20%, tenders will be issued.
• 27 33-ton trucks and 1 28-ton crane truck was used to deliver all the cables. We received ± 4 trucks a day.
• 425700m of cable with a weight of 820167Kgs all cables supplied were copper cables.