ANALYSISMINING
resulting logistics business was provided by
Pre-assembled
Laurance Langdon, group project logistics
modules being
manager for global operator GAC, who
moved by BDP
Project Logistics for
recently relocated from Asia to South Africa as
a bauxite mine.
part of a general push by that company to
strengthen its project logistics operations in
Africa, notably in the mining sector.
“We have always been in the oil and gas
business in Africa, and, through that, we have
also been involved with mining activities
Logistics
because they tend to go hand in hand,” he
said. “Now, we are stepping up our focus on
P
roject
developing the mining side.”
BDP
In Asia, Aaron Chen, the Indonesia-based
‘Undeveloped’mining
regional director, south east Asia, BDP Project
Logistics, and managing director, BDP
International Indonesia, reported that
regionsleadrecovery
continuing strong demand from China for
coal and other industrial minerals like iron ore
and copper is already stimulating a recovery in
New opportunities are bringing a range of new challenges for
mining sector activity.
“For example, here in Indonesia, which has
project cargo forwarders, writes Phil Hastings.
very large coal reserves, we are seeing a lot of
foreign investors coming in. One of our
outh America, Africa and Asia are improved security situation in the country, customers, a Middle Eastern company which
S
emerging as three of the key areas for coupled with recent government moves to already has large projects in Latin America, is
future mining industry develop mining sector regulations and now embarking on its first project in
developments and related heavy incentives, was making it more attractive for Indonesia. We have also recently seen an
lift/project cargo business. With that international companies to establish projects Indian company acquire some large mining
new business, though, could come a raft of there. “I am sure we will see very positive concessions in this country.”
new operational challenges for logistics mining industry developments in Colombia
providers forced to work with often inadequate over the next few years, especially in the gold
Infrastructure
transport infrastructures. sector,” he stated.
Some of the latest evidence of South Meanwhile, Africa is already seeing an An example of the transport infrastructure
America’s mining industry logistics business upturn in activity, according to local sources. issues likely to arise with many of the new
potential was provided by BDP Project “There is a trickle of new investment starting to mining projects in developing countries was
Logistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of show now – a lot of mines which were in care provided by Access Freight Projects’ Stephens.
US-based global logistics firm BDP and maintenance are now re-engaged and there Speaking in the context of mining operations
International, with the appointment earlier are quite a number of new projects set to go in Zambia’s copper belt region, he said it has
this year of Arndt Droegemueller as the ahead this year,” confirmed Brad Stephens, been known for several years that production
company’s director of business development chief operating officer of Access Freight capacity is soon going to outstrip the
for the continent, with a specific brief to focus Projects, a division of South African supporting transport infrastructure.
on the mid-market mining and energy sectors. international freight transport and forwarding “In recent years there has not been any
group Access, which is heavily involved in the major investment to support that industry in
South America
cross-border transportation of mining the main ports and corridors serving the
equipment and plant into sub-equatorial Africa. region. As a result, there is going to come a
“On the mining side, we initially want to Further evidence of the ever-growing point where there are bottlenecks in the
concentrate on Peru, Chile and Colombia,” he potential of African mining operations and transport chain. We experienced that a few
explained. “Chile is almost exclusively a years ago in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with
copper-producing country, but also recently
I am sure we will see
vessels waiting up to three weeks at anchor,”
discovered some gold resources; Peru is also
very positive mining
he said.
copper but has a wide range of other metals, “In fact, some of the large mines have been
including gold; in Colombia, coal is still the
industry developments
anticipating this for a number of years and
biggest mineral resource, but in the years to
in Colombia over the
have been doing test runs through different
come I think gold will also become a major
next few years.
ports, both for the export of their products,
mining product.” and the import of chemicals such as sulphur
Expanding further on the potential of
– Arndt Droegemueller,
used to process those products. From our
Colombia as a centre of mining industry
BDP Project Logistics
side, we are also constantly looking at new
activity, Droegemueller suggested that an routes which can be developed.” HLPFI
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