Mining & ConstructionContract mining & plant hire
Tulela Mining & Construction (Pty) Ltd
- Production drilling & blasting
- Load, haul & stockpile management
- Crushing, screening & tailings
- Plant hire with access to fleet financing
Tulela Group · Namibia
Excellence through innovation and commitment.
Contract mining, plant hire, processing and engineering solutions from one Namibian group, from the bankable feasibility study to the last load hauled.
95+years of combined mining industry experience
US$500m+combined project involvement in copper, zinc, gold & uranium
210,000tonnes mined monthly at Kombat Copper Mine
3disciplines under one contract: mining, processing, engineering
The Tulela Group of companies
One group, three disciplines, one point of contact
Clients get unrestricted access to every business in the group. A multidisciplinary team that reaches across operations and engineering, and a first of its kind for Namibia.
Mining & Construction
ProcessingProcessing solutions
Tulela Processing Solutions (Pty) Ltd
- Business improvement & de-constraining
- Operating plants on a contract basis
- Conceptual to bankable feasibility studies
- Hydro- and pyro-metallurgical experience
EngineeringEngineering solutions
Design, fabrication & construction management
- Process, mechanical, electrical, civil & structural design
- Steel fabrication & in-house refurbishment
- OEM-compliant maintenance strategy
- Project & construction management
Services
Turnkey from pit to plant
Everything that used to sit inside images on the old site, now readable, searchable and linked to an enquiry.
Turnkey services
A strong technical and operational team with an extensive experience base, managed against continuous KPIs.
- Production drilling
- Blasting services
- Load & haul
- Stockpile management
- Tailings management
- Crushing & screening
- Technical consultancy
- Fleet financing access
Continuous improvement
- Multi-disciplinary approach
- Technology driven
- De-constraining & optimisation
- Capital trade-off studies
- In-house fabrication services
Project management
- Turnkey service provision
- Strong technical & operational team
- Continuous KPI management
Maintenance strategy
- OEM compliant
- Stringent compliance to policy
- Major component life-cycle costing
- In-house bucket & bin refurbishments
Proven systems
- Asset base management
- Shared SHEQ compliance
- Surveying
- Pit design & optimisation
The Tulela value addition
Experience in base metals (copper, zinc and cobalt) as well as gold and uranium.
Business improvement
- Business improvement projects
- Turnkey asset optimisation
Unit operations
- Operating plants on contract basis
- Technical resource assignments
- Business continuity plans
Studies & projects
- Conceptual to bankable feasibility
- Process option & capital trade-offs
- Detail engineering design
- Project & construction management
Development
- Metallurgical test programmes
- Process modelling
- KPI dashboards & process control
Operational40+ yrs
Operating complex hydro- and pyro-metallurgical processes.
Projects35+ yrs
Greenfields and brownfields projects in Namibia and abroad.
Design25+ yrs
Tailor-made maintenance systems and process design.
De-constraining processes
- Identify key constraints across a process
- Develop strategies or amend design to raise overall throughput
- Metal and process accounting systems
- Owner's team representation
Studies to steel to site
A complete turnkey package: studies, design, steel fabrication, construction and construction management, built off the Namibian skills base.
- Metallurgical consulting
- Mechanical engineering
- Electrical engineering
- Civil & structural
- Steel fabrication
- Process control
Design engineering
- Process, mechanical, electrical & electronic engineers
- Civil and structural engineers
- AutoDesk Suite and Prokon draughting
Construction
- Site discipline engineers
- Quality assessment & assurance on site
- Construction supervision & management
Project administration
- Project managers
- QA / QC inspectors
- Project buyers & expeditors
Fabrication & repair
- Bucket and dump body fabrication
- Repairs for mine and contractor fleets
- Workshop fabrication at scale
Project planner
Scope your project in four steps
Pick what you need. The brief builds itself, shows which Tulela companies will be involved and points to similar work we have done. Send it straight to the team.
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What do you need?
Select all that apply02
Commodity
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Scale
Tonnes moved or processed per monthStudy only100,000–250,000 t500,000 t+
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Site & timing
Fleet & plant hire
A fleet sized for open-pit work
| Equipment | Class |
|---|---|
| Track excavators | 30 t · 75 t · 100 t |
| Track dozers | 30 t · 55 t |
| Wheel loaders | 3.2 m³ · 4.5 m³ |
| Articulated dump trucks | 40 t |
| Tipper trucks | 20 m³ |
| Water bowsers | 18 kL · 35 kL |
| Wheel graders | Various |
Access to financing to secure any fleet for major mining or construction projects, backed by our financing and product-support partners.
Track record
Proven on Namibia's operating mines
Selected contracts across copper, zinc, gold, uranium and limestone. Filter by the kind of work.
About Tulela
“A truly Namibian revolution”
Tulela combines a comprehensive value proposition with unrestricted access to every business in the group, across mining, construction and consultancy. The core team brings more than 95 years of combined mining industry experience, a solid foundation for serving the mining and private sectors.
Our focus is mining, engineering, projects and maintenance services. That collective experience gives clients personal access to a specialised network of industry professionals and industry-leading solutions, built on the Namibian skills base.
Our vision
To be the leading mining, processing & engineering solution in Namibia and beyond.
Our mission
To sustainably maximise revenue and profit for all our clients by optimising and streamlining processes.
Safe
To drive a zero-harm culture in health, safety and environment through all our operations and undertakings.
Ethical
To be honest and ethical in all our dealings, providing efficient, economic and effective services in an impartial and transparent manner.
Consistent
To be consistent in every aspect of our operations, delivering sustainable performance for our clients.
Committed
To remain committed to delivering the best achievable results to our clients, our ethical values and our business as a whole.
Passionate
To remain passionate and professional in satisfying our clients' needs and excelling on their expectations.
Accountable
To be continuously accountable, not only for our conduct but also for our results.
Leadership
The people behind the work
Engineers, metallurgists, finance and legal professionals with careers at Rössing, Husab, Skorpion, Navachab, Anglo American and Dundee Precious Metals.
Strategic operational partnerships
Backed by proven systems and OEM support
Operational
Zizwe Opencast Mining (Pty) Ltd
South African opencast mining partner with a proven and established track record since 2002, a comprehensive opencast mining fleet and strong synergies between the entities.
System support
ISO 14001:2015ISO 9001:2015ISO 45001:2018
Financing & product support
Cat FinancialBarloworld EquipmentStandard BankKomatsuBMELiebherrTrentyreEpiroc
Partner logos replace these names once Tulela confirms usage approval.
Corporate social responsibility
Every little deed matters
Our teams give back in the communities where we live and work.
05.06.2023World Environment Day
Clean-up under the Tulela theme “Every little deed matters”.
2019–2021Community Christian Outreach Programme
A three-year programme supporting local schools and learners.
2022Annual Tulela Corporate Charity Golf Day
Partners and clients raising funds for community causes.
In the news · Namibian Sun & Republikein
Tulela mines all over
“My biggest satisfaction is building the Namibian skills base and seeing the market convinced that we have the right skills.”Stefan Engelbrecht, Managing Director
- Bankable feasibility study completed for a copper project on the Zambian Copperbelt
- Acquisition of Stahl Engineering completed, adding steel fabrication to the turnkey offer
- Teams on site at Rössing, Dundee and Husab
Contact
Talk to the Tulela team
Head office · Swakopmund
Unit 4, Burgers Park, Einstein StP.O. Box 2275, Swakopmund, Namibia
Karibib office
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