2 August 2022
Pensana Plc
("Pensana" or the "Company")
Saltend and Longonjo Project Delivery Team
Following the recent ground-breaking ceremony at the Saltend rare earths processing hub, the Company is pleased to announce details of the highly experienced Project Delivery Team which will be responsible for the delivery of the Saltend and Longonjo projects.
The eight person Project Delivery Team is leading a team of 134 specialist engineers from various disciplines, many of them experts in their field, dedicated to the execution and commissioning of both projects.
Key appointments to the Project Delivery Team include:
Full details of the Project Delivery Team are available on the Company’s website www.pensana.co.uk
Preparatory work is underway at both projects with the main construction scheduled to commence later in the year.
To date, engineering for over 70% of the equipment and services packages has been completed, with 100% of the critical path Tier 1 and 2 packages externally priced. To minimise onsite construction activity and streamline commissioning, certain unit processes have been modularised whilst all other process equipment has been selected as standard, off-the-shelf items to ensure robust and simple operability of the plant.
For Saltend, this includes:
For Longonjo, this includes:
Under the direction of Chief Operating Officer Rocky Smith, Pensana’s main engineering functions have relocated from the Wood Group offices in Perth, Australia to the UK and South Africa, due to proximity to the respective projects.
Pensana Chairman Paul Atherley commented:
“Breaking ground at Saltend was a major milestone for the Company marking the transition from design to construction for both projects. We are enormously grateful to the expert teams who have done such a great job in bringing the Saltend and Longonjo projects to FEED status in record time.
It’s now very exciting to announce details of our world class Project Delivery Team, which has the right combination of experience to execute and commission both projects, supported by a team of highly skilled and dedicated engineers.”
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About Pensana Plc
The electrification of motive power is by far the most important part of the energy transition and one of the biggest energy transitions in history. Magnet metal rare earths are central to the transition away from internal combustion engines and critical to electric vehicles and offshore wind turbines.
Pensana plans to establish Saltend as an independent and sustainable processing hub supplying the key magnet metal oxides to a market which is currently dominated by China. The US$195 million Saltend facility is being designed to produce 12,500 tonnes per annum of rare earth oxides, of which 4,500–5,000 tonnes will be neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr), representing over 5% of the world market in 2025.
Pensana’s plug-and-play facility is located within the world class Saltend Chemicals Park, a cluster of leading chemicals and renewable energy businesses in the Humber Freeport and will create over 500 jobs during construction and over 125 direct jobs once in production.
It will be the first major separation facility to be established in over a decade and will become one of only three major producers located outside China.
Pensana is aiming to establish Saltend as an attractive alternative for mining companies who may otherwise be limited to selling their products to China, having designed the facility to be easily adapted to cater for a range of rare earth feedstocks.
MARKET INTELLIGENCE | SALTEND TECHNICAL | LONGONJO TECHNCIAL |
Adamas Intelligence Market forecasts |
Wood Group Technical engineering and design |
Wood Group – technical engineering and design |
Roskill Market forecasts |
Px Group Saltend owner operator |
Paradigm Project Management – Longonjo site infrastructure and bulk services technical engineering, design and cost estimates |
Oakdene Hollins Circular economy |
Auralia Metallurgy – specialist metallurgical and processing laboratory | |
On Line Design Planning application |
Nagrom – geochemistry testing and analysis | |
SLR consulting Air quality assessments |
ALS / Eriez – pilot plant test work | |
EEG Geotechnical design |
HCV Africa – ESIA, EMP, RAP and hydrology | |
Ivy House Environmental design |
ANSTO – Australia nuclear science and technology association | |
Grupo Simples – Longonjo ESIA | ||
Snowden – Mine plan schedule and pit optimisation | ||
SRK – Mineral resource estimates & geotechnical |