sdm in africa

From Mining Weekly

Australian international 
 resource sector services 
 provider Sedgman has opened a new office in South Africa in response to increasing client demand and emerging market opportunities within Southern Africa. 


Sedgman MD Mark Read says the decision to establish Sedgman South Africa and open a new 
office in Johannesburg signals the company’s commitment to the region and belief in the growth potential of its resource sector. 


“Sedgman has been working for some time on two large coal projects in Mozambique’s Moatize Basin, where activity has been ramping up, and is now 
expecting to secure other significant new contracts within the 
region,” he says.

He adds that Sedgman is confident of the resource sector’s 
future prospects, particularly in Southern Africa and considers this the ideal time to firmly establish its credentials in the market.

Sedgman is a provider of innovative technical solutions in the design, construction and operation of mineral processing and handling plants.

Having established itself firmly 
in the Australian market, Sedgman’s international profile has been steadily growing, 
enabling the company to establish offices in key growth markets abroad. The new South African office in Melrose Arch, north of Johannesburg, was officially opened for business in August.

“Sedgman South Africa will be the central hub for all operations on the African continent and we expect it to mature from a supporting role to a self-suf-
ficient business providing the 
region with a preferred engineering and project delivery ser-
vice,” says Read.

Sedgman Coal COO Steve van Barneveld says Sedgman South Africa wil comply fully with the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Act of 2004 .

“This commitment will support the company’s BBBEE scorecard and is philosophically 
aligned with Sedgman’s demonstrated practices,” says Van Barneveld.

Sedgman is recognised internationally for its coal processing and materials handling technologies and is currently focused on an over $4-billion global pipeline of targeted project opportunities in coal and metals.

The company specialises in 
the design, construction and oper-
ation of coal handling and preparation plants. It listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in June 2006.

The company’s structure comprises the two core business units of engineering services and oper-
ations that currently service coal and minerals opportunities.