Sukari Gold Mine
Sector: Mining | Client: Sukari Gold Mines (SGM) | Location: Eastern Desert, Egypt
Sukari is one of the largest gold mining operations in Egypt. SMI has worked for Sukari Gold Mines as a repeat partner, with more than 35 fabrication packages covering plant structures, process equipment and piping, fabricated in Alexandria and delivered to the mine.
SMI’s scope
- Structural steel and platforms: steel structure platforms for areas 04 and 12, the mill operating platform, grinding deck steel work, the compressor shelter, the duct collector platform, steel shelters, built up arches, the daily service bay, the process plant workshop, the lime plant steel structure, conveyor CV 01A with trestles and walkways, pipe racks 10 and 11, pipe supports, MCC frames with checker plate covers, containers for MCC buildings, and stage 4 handrails and kicker plates.
- Process equipment and platework: the primary crusher, crusher cast in plates and checkered plates, self dumping bins, leach columns, the RO plant, storage tanks, sludge tanks, oil tank platework with inlets, outlets and walkways, agitator bases including machining and fixings, media loading buckets for the mill, and the water pump station manifold.
- Piping: seawater steel pipes, sleeves and joints, carbon steel pipes and fabricated channel sections, stainless steel pipes and fittings, elbow pipe work, ring gaskets, bolts and nuts, and connection boxes.
What the client says
Fabrication is always of highest quality and executed on schedule, with professionalism and according to specifications. We strongly recommend SMI for both the quality of fabrication and the professional management.
John Linkerhof, Construction Manager, Sukari Gold Mines. The full letter is on our certificates and references page.
Working with SMI on mining projects
Mining plants need steel that arrives complete and fits first time at a remote site. SMI fabricates platforms, process steelwork, platework and piping to the plant’s drawings in its 25,000 m² plant in Alexandria, certified to ISO 9001:2015. Send your drawings or BOQ through our contact page and our technical office responds within two working days.