Energy Magazine March 2018 | Page 130

AGGREKO
the sector , with commodity prices increasing alongside this investment .
Kollar , having worked with the company since 2007 , has seen first-hand this shift and feels that right now is a very exciting time for South and East African mining .
“ It is true that we are seeing a positive trend in the sector from commodity prices ,” he says . “ South and East Africa has a huge potential for mining and we are already working on some very interesting projects in countries such as the DRC , Sudan and Zimbabwe to name a few .”
Aggreko ’ s portfolio has seen the company deliver an 8MW power plant to Banro Corp in the DRC as well as designing mobilising and commissioning a 28MW power package for Bisha Mining in Eritrea .
In late 2017 , Aggreko entered into a partnership with Hummingbird Resources to fully commission a 7.4MW diesel power facility on site in Mali , where Aggreko will complete turnkey solutions as part of a full operations and maintenance team on site . Kollar points to the company ’ s generators and indeed their flexibility and efficiencies which will provide a “ seamless supply of power ”.
As the company promises , Aggreko works with the partners until the very
Aggreko ’ s footprint spreads over 20 countries
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