The MMPR team has over the last 12+ years serviced the resource industry in all regions of the African continent. Our team has a broad range of specialized services including the area of due diligence, optimization, metallurgical accounting, and audits.

Starting with your initial inquiry, a senior member of the MMPR team will advise you on how to best proceed with addressing your engineering problem. We will always involve you in the decision-making process with clear and concise fee proposals at every stage of your project. We value regular communication and provide you with written project status reports to ensure you are fully briefed on the progress of your project.

It is our goal to help our clients achieve greater value from their projects by delivering valued outcomes–reduced costs, greater efficiencies, risk mitigation, clearer understanding, steps on how to move a project forward, and greater operational accountability. Although the current business conditions pose challenges for many of our clients, we are working alongside each of them to deliver resilience and strength to their projects. We are dedicated to helping you achieve success.

Audits

Process plant audits are an invaluable tool in continuous improvement. Part of the process is to benchmark the project. Plant Audit services are popular in times of economic crisis when organizations re-focus on efficiency and maximum performance of their operation. Each organization is unique and may audit or optimize for a multitude of very different reasons. These can range from a reduction of operating cost to improving process plants throughout, improving plant recovery, or re-assessing waste management options. A variety of different methodologies are used to conduct a plant audit including sampling, data analysis, computer modeling, a plan/site visit, benchmarking, sampling assaying, and more.

Metallurgical Accounting

MMPR provides up-to-date information that can control mining and metallurgical operation accuracy. This involves checking of systems and procedures and establishing if they balance, we can undertake this for all commodities.

Metallurgical accounting relates to mineral processing plants that substitute metals, concentrates, or residues in place of the traditional monetary information. It includes the collection of plant data, technical information, record keeping, report production, and general scope of functions that many plant operators don’t consider.

The overall purpose of metallurgical accounting is to provide management with information that can control the costs of mining and metallurgical operations. The decisions that are taken based on the information provided by the metallurgical accounting system should cause improved control and ultimately increased revenue.

Due Diligence

MMPR independence means we can provide unbiased engineering due diligence reviews and appraisals for financial institutions and other firms, where we consider the lending of funds or expansion of existing projects, joint venture, and purchase or royalty arrangements. We look for gaps and test if the investment is warranted, and establish the opportunities and risks.

Our thorough due diligence reports identify and assess significant factors affecting the operation of the current or future mining projects. MMPR also conducts risk assessments and analyses that identify all risks, which may have a significant impact on the project’s organization, structure, design, construction and operation, and any other issue under consideration. Undertaking due diligence during feasibility studies will help determine the effectiveness of planned strategies for mitigating risks and adverse consequences.

Simulation & Bottlenecking

Process simulation and de-bottlenecking is a service that MMPR currently offers where we have a range of software packages available for this. Our team of simulation experts can assist with simulations to reduce risk, estimate mass balances and equipment sizes, and determine the optimum arrangement of unit operations.

Simulations assist us in reducing risk, estimating mass balances and equipment sizes, and when used in the design stage, determine the optimum arrangement of the unit and metallurgical operations, i.e. for plant optimization, expansions, and circuit modifications.

Optimization

MMPR has considerable experience in plant optimization to increase profitability and reducing costs. Optimisation is not optional, it is a necessity in mineral processing plants. The small relative outlay compared with the financial benefits is an interesting motivation. The input of considerable experience, fresh ideas, new technology, and optimization of the existing technology can lead to much-improved plant performance.