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MODERN QUARRYING
January - February 2014
AROUND THE
INDUSTRY
A
ccording to Raubex Housing MD
Barend Badenhorst, the housing
project is part of Kumba Iron Ore’s
commitment to convert all hostels by
2014 in compliance with the Mining Char-
ter. The company built all the top struc-
tures and was able to draw on the ser-
A southern African construction group with a specific focus on infra-
structure development, Raubex, is steadily increasing its share of con-
struction and mining-related activities in the mining industry. In its
biggest order to date, Raubex Housing – part of the group’s recently
established infrastructure division is ahead of schedule to deliver 476
low-cost houses and associated services at Sesheng, Kathu, for Sishen
Iron Ore Company.
Raubex increases mining construction activity share
was established as a new division within
the Raubex Group Limited’s infrastructure
arm, Raubex Infra has built up a significant
order book that achieved all its objectives
for the past financial year, reporting an
operating profit of R3,7-million in its first
period of operations and a current order
book in excess of R1-billion.
With the company well entrenched in
the roads construction industry, Raubex
Infra was born out of a group vision to
create an infrastructure division that
specialises in other types of civil con-
struction. Raubex Infra offers multidisci-
plinary solutions in predominantly four
key operational areas: rail and rail-related
infrastructure; roads and earthworks
for mining infrastructure; fibre and GSM
telecommunications; and electrical and
alternative energy infrastructure. The
backbone of these services is the divi-
sion’s specialised capabilities in civil con-
struction, buildings and bulk earthworks.
“Raubex Infra provides a service that
is tailor-made to fit customers’ individual
projects,” Dirk Lourens, MD of Raubex
Infra, says. “We’re rapidly becoming
known for our ability to shift the boundar-
ies on niche projects with high time-con-
straints and difficult terrain, or projects
that are technically complex.”
The division is ISO 9001:2008 certified
and has started to work towards OHSAS
18001:2004 and ISO 14001:2004 certifica-
tion, which is expected to be granted dur-
ing the course of this year.
Materials handling being undertaken for a gold mining operation.
Installation of
a water supply
pipeline.
vices of three other group companies to
achieve cost efficiencies and make good
time on this turnkey greenfields project.
L&R Civils provided pipe reticula-
tion for water and sewage; Raubex
Construction established the road net-
work; and Burma Plant Hire supplied the
necessary plant and equipment from
its Northern Cape base in Postmasburg.
Burma Plant Hire has served South
African industry for the past ten years,
offering a variety of equipment from
top manufacturers.
“With such broad-ranging ser-
vices available within the Raubex
Group, we were able to utilise all
our own resources, without hav-
ing to seek services from external
companies,” Badenhorst confirms.
“To support our increasing activi-
ties in the Northern Cape’s mining
industry, Raubex has established a
dedicated office in Kathu to offer a local
point of contact for all group services to
clients in the area:
Only 20 months in operation since it
