Vale names EXP among consultants for overflow engineering contract
Exp has been named among a team of primary consultants to perform work on Vale’s 2022 overflow engineering services contract on a series of mines across the country.
The arrangement, which encompasses a master services agreement for a three-year term, sees Exp act as primary consultants at operational sites in Thompson, Manitoba; Long Harbour, Newfoundland; Sudbury, Ontario and Port Colborne, Ontario.
This is the first time Vale has issued Canada-wide agreements across the majority of its sites, structured with primary and secondary consultants.
“Vale is one of the largest companies in mining, and EXP is excited to be selected for this first-of-its-kind nationwide contract. After completing a three-year overflow contract with Vale Sudbury operations, we are thrilled and prepared to start working on this undertaking and look forward to maintaining our record of quality client service and on-time project delivery,” said Exp’s vice president of mining Aziz Sene.
Exp’s mining team is growing in response to market-driven needs for fit-for-purpose engineering and construction development. The company has assembled a team of more than 120 professionals to provide a full range of services for Vale including metallurgy, engineering (civil, structural, electrical, instrumentation, process, high voltage) and architecture, construction management, 3D scanning, and estimating and more. The company has also recently opened an office in Thompson, Manitoba.
All engineering services performed by EXP for Vale sites will be in-house, including the maintenance and design engineering services for dams, mines, smelters, filter plants, acid plants, nickel refineries, electrowinning facilities and water and wastewater facilities.
Vale Canada’s Sudbury operations has operated as one of the largest integrated mining complexes in the world. With five mines, a smelter, mill and refinery, the company’s operations in Sudbury have the capacity to produce copper, nickel, platinum group metals, cobalt, gold and silver.