CNOI Shipyard Expansion

Emineo is currently performing the erection of five buildings at CNOI Ship Yard in Port Louis.

Emineo is erecting buildings that have been designed and fabricated by CNOI’s personnel. Erection is challenging because it is carried out while the ship yard is fully operational and erection schedule has to be adjusted with respect to incoming ships.

Emineo will also be involved in modification of some existing buildings to extend the ship yard’s capacity.

Omnicane Massecuite Reheater

The second phase of a four phase expansion project at the Mhlume Factory is currently underway. The scope for this phase is to increase the capacity of the factory’s boiling house by adding new pans and other new process equipment, but also upgrading existing ones.

Emineo recently completed the installation of a new massecuite reheater at Omnicane’s La Baraque factory in Mauritius.

The new equipment has been a new geometry which has been redesigned to avoid dead areas and improve plug flow.

Part of Emineo’s site erection team worked selflessly during COVID-19 lock down period to complete the equipment assembly in time for the crushing season.

The massecuite reheater has been commissioned on time at the start of the crushing season delivering improved performance from day one.

For more information please read our full article here:
https://www.emineo.mu/Omnicane – Massecuite Reheater

Mhlume Expansion project – Phase 2 Progress Update

The second phase of a four phase expansion project at the Mhlume Factory is currently underway. The scope for this phase is to increase the capacity of the factory’s boiling house by adding new pans and other new process equipment, but also upgrading existing ones.

Emineo recently completed the second phase of a four phase expansion project of the Mhlume Factory in Eswatini which aims to increase the factory’s crushing rate from 390tch to 440tch.

Phase 2 allowed Mhlume to increase its raw sugar processing capacity while improving steam efficiency in line with increase in throughput.

The new equipment was successfully commissioned at the beginning of the crushing season. The project was completed on time and within the approved budget.

For additional details please read our full article here:
Mhlume Factory Expansion – Phase 2

First sugar at Tongaat Hulett new refinery in Mozambique

Emineo and partner SiVEST recently completed the commissioning of the new sugar refinery at the Açucareira de Xinavane Sugar mill (AdX), which is majority-owned by Tongaat Hulett Sugar South Africa.

Emineo and partner SiVEST recently completed the commissioning of the new sugar refinery at the Açucareira de Xinavane Sugar mill (AdX), which is majority-owned by Tongaat Hulett Sugar South Africa.

The 90,000 t/y plant was successfully commissioned in September 2018, 10 days only behind schedule, which remains a great achievement considering the fastrack nature of the project.

For additional details about Emineo’s scope and achievements, please read our full article here

https://www.emineo.mu/projects/xinavane-mozambique/

Omnicane 200tpd Refinery expansion project

Emineo completed the Omnicane refinery expansion works earlier this year, as the main contractor for the mechanical, structural and piping works. De Smet Engineers and Contractors, (https://www.dsengineers.com/en/) who provided the technology and process guarantees, successfully commissioned the refinery in August this year.

Emineo completed the Omnicane refinery expansion works earlier this year, as the main contractor for the mechanical, structural and piping works. De Smet Engineers and Contractors, (https://www.dsengineers.com/en/) who provided the technology and process guarantees, successfully commissioned the refinery in August this year.

The installation works were completed in just less than one year, and included:

MECHANICAL ERECTION

  • Erection of approximately 70 tons of new steel works and platforms (designed and supplied by Emineo)
  • Erection of all equipment, including:
    • Evaporator
    • Pocket filters
    • Plate Heat Exchangers
    • Seed pan
    • Process Tanks
    • Pumps
    • Centrifugal
  • Modification of existing structure
  • Insulation of new equipment

PIPING WORKS

Installation of approximately 3kms of piping, for connection of new equipment to the existing system, including:

  • Process piping
  • Steam piping
  • Hook-ups connection for sensor
  • Insulation of piping

Renewable Energies – TERRAGEN Cane Trash Plant

Emineo has been appointed in March 2018 by Terragen to investigate re-engineering of their trash handling plant and carry modifications on site. Trash, which consists of cane leaves and tops, is recovered from the fields and packed into bales and trucked to the power plant…

Emineo has been appointed in March 2018 by Terragen to investigate re-engineering of their trash handling plant and carry modifications on site. Trash, which consists of cane leaves and tops, is recovered from the fields and packed into bales and trucked to the power plant. The bales are processed at the power plant, where these are broken down and shredded into a homogeneous feed to the existing bagasse boilers. Emineo’s scope included:

  • Engineering and layouts
  • Design supply and install new trash bale breaker complete with drive
  • Supply and install new drive shaft and sprocket and new gearbox on feeder table
  • Redesign all belt conveyors steel works (all belts have been increased in width), supply and install new drums, idlers and belt on all conveyors
  • Redesign all chutes, divertor flap and connection to cane trash shredder

Site works started in mid-April and the plant was successfully commissioned end of July 2018.

Mhlume Expansion

Emineo recently completed the first phase of a four phase expansion project of the Mhlume Factory in Swaziland. The final objective of the project is to increase the factory’s crushing rate from 390tch to 440tch […]

Emineo recently completed the first phase of a four phase expansion project of the Mhlume Factory in Swaziland. The final objective of the project is to increase the factory’s crushing rate from 390tch to 440tch, and phase 1 allowed to achieve a critical first step by enabling on-the-run cleaning of evaporators to improve the overall time efficiency of the factory. After a challenging but successful commissioning stage, the new equipment has been handed over to operations. The project was completed on time and within the approved budget.

For additional details please read our full article here:

https://www.emineo.mu/Mhlume Expansion

Following this successful first phase, and good relationship with the Client and other project stakholders, Emineo has been awarded the EPCM contract for Phase 2. More to come in future articles…

Mhlume Expansion project – Progress Update

Emineo is the EPCM consultant on the Mhlume Expansion project for the Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation. The project is staged over multiple consecutive phases, with the 1st phase currently in the construction stage

Emineo is the EPCM consultant on the Mhlume Expansion project for the Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation. The project is staged over multiple consecutive phases, with the 1st phase currently in the construction stage. The civil works are now complete and nearly all equipment has been delivered to site. The four new process tanks have been installed, and the installation of the other equipment, in particular the four new Kestner evaporators, is in progress. Forecast crushing season start is the first week of May 2018.
Phase 2 is currently in the engineering stage, which is near complete. The project scope is to increase the capacity of the factory’s boiling house by adding new pans and other new process equipment and upgrading existing ones. This phase should go into execution shortly after engineering completion and Client approval.

Omnicane Packing Station

EMINEO successfully delivered Omnicane’s new 1T and 50kg bagging plant. Civil works had started on 6-Sep, followed by structural steel on 28-Sep, and full commissioning was achieved by 10-Nov, allowing the Client to meet its exportation target dates before the end of the 2017 crop season…

EMINEO successfully delivered Omnicane’s new 1T and 50kg bagging plant. Civil works had started on 6-Sep, followed by structural steel on 28-Sep, and full commissioning was achieved by 10-Nov, allowing the Client to meet its exportation target dates before the end of the 2017 crop season. The main challenges were the very tight timeframe, and the need to ‘rethink’ the plant’s design to come up with a cheaper and easier solution. The Client was very satisfied, which confirms that we treat smaller projects with as much importance as major projects.