Company Announcement - An in-depth understanding of cross-border work, coupled with its access to a large crushing and screening fleet operated by high skilled teams, has positioned B&E International to become one of the leading aggregates crushing companies in Africa. One of its latest contracts, secured on the back of these market differentiators, is for Razel Mozambique, a company within the Fayat Group, which is undertaking the contract to rehabilitate the Maputo airport in Mozambique. Razel-Bec is a major civil engineering firm that designs, funds, produces and operates major public structures at national and international level. The Fayet Group is the largest independent construction group in France with 138 independent subsidiary companies and a geographical presence in 120 countries worldwide.
B&E International’s portion of the six month contract comprises the production of about
100 000 tons of minus 26 mm G1 base course and approximately 160 000 ton of asphalt aggregate. Aggregates for the reconstruction of the airport runway are being produced at the company’s crushing operation, situated at Joacco Quarry in the Mohamba district, and material is being hauled around the clock to Maputo by a sub-contractor.
Razel Mozambique has two large asphalt plants set up at the airport to service this contract. One of these plants is essentially only a back-up plant. Given the tight timeframe for work, this expediency was necessitated due to the fact that all asphalt work takes place at night and the contractor has to ensure continuity of operation.
“The fact that work can only be undertaken within a small window of opportunity means that there is a requirement for large volumes of asphalt aggregate to be readily available. Fortunately, B&E International is known for achieving very high efficiencies without compromising on the quality of the aggregate being produced, so we can ensure uncompromising continuity of supply from our side,” says Chris Weideman, director of operations at B&E International.
B&E International is also contracted to crush 400 000 tons of ballast material for Sulbrita Lda in northern Mozambique, over a five month period. This material is for the construction of the Moatize Nacala railway line, which forms part of the Nacala logistics corridor commissioned by global mining company, Vale. It will open up the vast coal reserves of the Tete basin in a route traversing remote areas, crossing through southern Malawi and reaching the east coast of Mozambique. B&E International’s high capacity plant, located at Namialo Quarry, is crushing in the region of 4 500 tons per day.