PASTE & TAILINGS 2021
Pressing issues
These are busy times for mining filter press major Diemme ® Filtration – Paul Moore spoke to Andrea Pezzi , Regional Sales Director , about its new global agreement with SUEZ Water Technologies plus progress with its world record > 10,000 t / d filter press , the GHT5000F , the first unit of which his set for delivery this year
Q Can you outline the new collaboration with SUEZ and the synergies you see in your joint offer to mining ? A The two company offerings complement each other . SUEZ has been looking to expand its capabilities in mining and found a specific need in the case of meeting demand for dry stacking of tailings . Specifically , they could see that there are hundreds of mines currently using wet tailings dams and that this was a potential market where they could use their expertise in providing big tailings management systems . However , they didn ’ t have their own tailings dewatering technology – they looked at the market and considered Diemme ® Filtration to be the best candidate for partnership and to work with them in incorporating our filter press designs into their overall system offering to mining . We had some interactions with them in the past on smaller projects but opted to work more closely to handle larger projects . A last note – these types of large projects in tailings have normally been managed under EPC / EPCM contracts with major engineering houses . Arguably one of the downsides of this approach is that the engineering house puts contracts out to tender and often the winner is the lowest bidder – which sometimes can lead to inexperience and / or underperformance . In the case of our offer with SUEZ , the projects will be managed under a Design Build Operate ( DBO ) or Build Operate Transfer ( BOT ) model .
Q Will both companies still work independently where that makes sense on a project by project basis ? A As Diemme we are not trying to compete against the EPC / EPCM companies . If they ask for
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