Projests : Mining Development Project

Mindanao, Philippines

Used in electronics, battery materials, and aerospace industry, nickel is an anticorrosive metal that supports advanced industries. It is a rare metal for which global demand has grown over recent years. This metal is known to be produced in the mines of Mindanao. However, of the minerals excavated from these mines, the nickel content was only 2-3%. Traditionally, the entire volume was transported to Japan, where it was refined domestically.
To address transport efficiency and costs, a refinery plant was constructed to enable on-site pre-processing, after which the product could be procured once nickel content volume reached approximately 50%.

Over a four-month period beginning in January 2010, we handled the transport of approximately 11,000 FT. This project involved the intermodal transport of construction machinery vehicles for land preparation prior to the construction of the plant and mining.
Cargo was temporarily unloaded at a nearby local port, where it was then loaded onto a LCT (Landing Craft Tank) barge with engines that were used to transport by sea. The cargo was then transported some 180km over approximately eight hours by land. Mindanao is a place where infrastructure is not well developed and which suffers from regular blackouts caused by power shortages. Although we struggled to procure the necessary transport equipment (cranes, trailers, etc.), we were praised by the customer for our ability to complete delivery without incident.

Southernmost region of Madagascar

Between 2006 and 2009, we provided intermodal transport services for all the materials and equipment necessary for the construction and maintenance of the loading port and port access road required for the development of the titanium mine located in the southernmost region of Madagascar.

As the project involved the construction of a loading port, needless to say there was no nearby port at which we could unload materials and equipment. Cargo transport by container ship required long-distance hauling by road from a major port in Madagascar. In some cases, large-scale construction machinery and oversized cargo were unloaded at a port in Madagascar and shipped by barge.