Project Profile

Metalkol Roan Tailings Reclamation

(RTR) Project
CLIENT: Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) - Africa
LOCATION: Kolwezi, DRC
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Client, Infrastructure Design

Services Provided:
 Planning and Project Management
 Preliminary Design and Cost Estimation
 Engineering Design
 Site Supervision
 Construction Monitoring

Project Scope:
Metalkol’s RTR project, located near Kolwezi in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC), involves the use of a low-cost hydro-
metallurgical facility to reprocess the old tailings dumped into the
environment from mining activities in the 1950s.

It is expected to produce 77,000 tonnes per year of copper and

14,000 t/yr of cobalt in the first stage, with stage two increasing this
to 105,000 t/yr and 20,000 t/yr of copper and cobalt, respectively.

Features:
Bosch Projects provided the following engineering services:
Planning, design and cost estimates for:

 Roads infrastructure
 Railway infrastructure
 Stormwater
 Electrical reticulation and infrastructure (HV/MV/LV)
 Water reticulation
 Water storage
 Sewage reticulation
 Sewage Package Plant
 Kasobantu dam wall rehabilitation
 Training Centre design
 Administration building additions
 Design of Samukonga village
 Design of Kingamyambo single quarters
 Culvert stabilisation

Project Value: R150 million

Project Fees: R10 million
Project Ref: 10500/001
Date: March 2017 - Feb 2019