KEY DATES
1955 SOFREMINES ESTABLISHED
1970 SOFRESID acquires 71% of SOFREMINES, BRGM & CHARBONNAGES de FRANCE keep 29%.
1976 SOFREMINES is awarded the General Consultancy Contract for the realisation of the development of the ITAKPE IRON ORE DEPOSIT, by the Ministry of Power and Steel, NIGERIA.
1999 SOFREMINES leaves the SOFRESID Group. New shareholders are Société Civile de SOFREMINES and SDIEM
2003 SOFREMINES joins Guinea MIFERGUI-NIMBA consortium as aminority shareholder
2009 As from the 1st of January 2009, SOFREMINES is part of the TechnipGroup
SOFREMINES
HEAD OFFICE FACILITIES
TECHNIP MINES
Head Office : Les Mercuriales, Tour Ponant40 rue Jean Jaurès
93176 Bagnolet Cedex - France
Web site : www.sofremines.com
SOFREMINES
HUMAN RESSOURCES
TECHNICAL RESOURCES
8 Experts and Project Managers
12 Engineers and Technicians
3 Staff
SOFREMINES is equipped with all the computer facilitiesrequired by a modern engineering company:
Local network, with permanent high speed internet connection,WINDOWS environment as well as specialised software
for DAO and Mining Engineering studies such asAUTOCAD, USIMPAC, AUTOCAD, USIMPAC, SURPAC
SOFREMINES
SOFREMINES ACTIVITIES
Iron and non-ferrous metals :Pb, Zn, Cu, Au, Ni, U ...
CoalPhosphate rock, PotashSalt, Sodium CarbonateVarious industrial minerals
Evaluation of depositsUnderground and open-pit miningMineral preparation and beneficiationHandling, storage and transportInfrastructures and ancillary facilitiesMining economicsTransfer of technologyTechnical assistanceTechno-economic audits
Feasibility studiesPreliminary and detailed projects
Basic and detailed engineeringManagement and start-up of projectsTurn key projectsBudget, procurement, planning ServicesConstruction monitoring and site supervisionStart up and commissioning
Technical assistance for operation and maintenanceOrganisationHuman resources planning, training programmes and training
Fields of intervention
SOFREMINES
MAIN REFERENCES (1)
IRON oreGUINEA Mifergui-NimbaNIGERIA ItakpeMAURITANIA Gelbs SNIMIRAN TchogartLIBYA Wadi ShattiMADAGASCAR SoalalaMEXICO Lazaro Cardenas VIET NAM Qui Xa, Thach Khé
PHOSPHATE rock
SYRIA Eastern BSYRIA Phosphate planSENEGAL ICS TUNISIA JellabiaALGERIE Djebel OnkCHINA KayangEGYPT Abu TarturGABON MabouniéGUINEA BISSAU FarimINDIA JhamarkotraJORDAN Eshidiya
COALFRANCE Lucenay-CossayeCHILE Pecket, LotaINDIA Nandira, Ananta, West BokaroIRAN Bobnizu, HamkarMEXICO Rio EscondidoNIGER Anou ArarenTURKEY KandiliZAMBIA Maamba
URANUIM
NIGER Imouraren
SOFREMINES
NICKEL
CUBA Nicaro, MoaNEW CALEDONIA Goro, Tiebaghi
COPPER
KAZAKHSTAN BalkashmedMAURITANIA AkjoujtPERU Tintaya, Alianza
GOLD - DIAMONDS
GHANA AkwatiaGUINEA Aredor, SiguiriMALI Syama, Kalana
AUDITS – RESTRUCTURATIONS & PRIVATISATIONS
ALGERIA, AUSTRALIA, CHILE, FRANCE, GABON, GUINEA, JAMAICA, MOROCCO,MAURITANIA, PERU, POLAND, ROUMANIA, RUSSIA, SENEGAL, SYRIA
MAIN REFERENCES (2)
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
ALGERIA Kaolin Tarmazert FRANCE Gypsum Bois Le Comte, Lazer, VaujoursFRANCE Limestone FRANCE Sand treatment, CETIFSPAIN Titanium NEW CALEDONIA Marble Tiebaghi
POTASH & SALT
FRANCE Salins du Midi,MDPA JORDAN Arab Potash UZBEKISTAN Tioubegatan
SOFREMINES
NIGERIA - Itakpe
National Iron Ore Mining Company
Open-pit designed for 7,0 Mt/yr ROM iron oreBeneficiation plant for the production of 2,7 Mt/yr Fe concentrate(28 Mt/yr associated waste production)
•Mine design & extraction schedule,•Flow sheet design & engineering of the beneficiation plant,•Design of utilities and ancillary facilities including the dam for water supply and 132 KV overhead power lines.•Technical assistance, training of operating & maintenance personnel, supervisors, engineers and instructors.
SOFREMINES
MAURITANIA - ZouérateTechnical assistance to SNIM & the European Union
for the rehabilitation of the iron beneficiation facilitiesWithin the Framework of SYSMIN II financed by the European Commission
- Quaternary Crushing- Regrinding by Roller Press- Gravimetric concentration using Spirals
Annual production by SNIM : 12 Mt of iron ore
SOFREMINES
Phosphate deposit Eastern B
GECOPHAM
Front end and detailed engineering for a plant designed to prepare rock phosphate with a view to produce 1,2 Mt per year of concentrate.
Site Supervision during the construction phase of the plant within the Framework of a « Turnkey » project.
Simultaneously :Undertaking of a strategic study for the development
of the phosphate sector in Syria (from deposits to fertilizers plants).Client : Ministère du Pétrole et des Ressources Minérales
SYRIA
SOFREMINES
Phosphates de TaïbaICS
Validation of the engineering project for the new deposit of Tobène.
Study for increasing the production of concentrate from 2 to 2,5 Mt per year.
Study and detailed engineering of the treatment plant for increasing productionof concentrate from 2 to 2,5 Mt per year .
SENEGAL
SOFREMINES
Phosphates de Jellabia et M’ZindaC.P.G.
Feasibility study for a plant designed totreat the Jellabia and M’Zinda siliceous
phosphate minerals by flotation.
TUNISIA
SOFREMINES