Engineer Plant

Curriculum Vitae

Yves Tshilumba Mwabila

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Personal Information

First names : Yves Tshilumba

Surname : Mwabila

Home address: Unit 16,

Aquila Complex

Lynton Place Street

Oakdene

2190

Johannesburg

Republic of South Africa

Contact numbers : +27 (0-82-494-**** (Mobile)

+27 (0-11-436-**** (Home)

E-mail : ******@*****.***

Languages : Fluent in French, and English.

Drivers Licence : Valid

Education

Secondary school

Kiwele (Lubumbshi/DRC) 1988

Major: Scientific; Maths and Physics

Diplome d’Etat (Senior certificate equivalent)

Tertiary

Technikon Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; Qualification: National Higher Diploma in Extraction metallurgy 1998 Completed.

Master of Business Leadership (MBL University of South Africa) with elective in advanced Financial Management, and Executive Project Management 2011 Completed. Career summary

My career started in process equipment testing at laboratory scale while studying, then moved on to plant commissioning and optimisation in the chrome mines working on gravity concentration. Further when the opportunity came I moved to main stream diamond processing at De Beers, worked my way up from trainee metallurgist to Mineral Processing Engineer, this entailed the entire diamond production pipeline from ore to diamond ready for sale, I was later appointed as Section Head Dense Medium Separation Plant. I also worked as Senior Metallurgist at Anglo American Platinum focusing on debottlenecking of the plant and optimising steps in crushing, screening and milling as well as flotation, filter pressing to generate the concentrate cake required for smelters as end product. I subsequently went on to work for process equipment manufacturers in pumps, valves, crushers, screens, scrubbers, these jobs entailed sizing the process equipment for specific applications in conjunction with project houses, and then issue the commercial conditions of sales and invoicing. There has been a marketing aspect to this processes involving travelling to some African countries. Going forward, I wish to harness my experience, and excel in business management and leadership. Plus 15 years industry experience in total.

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Professional experience

Mixtec CC (1994-1996)

Responsibilities included:

Mixers testing on laboratory scale prior to design and manufacturing of the commercial scale units. This job was conducted as trainee metallurgist on a contract basis. Samancor Eastern Chrome Mines (January 1997-January 1998) Commissioning the Dense Media Separation plant, along with the EPCM engineers, the plant included DMS cyclone and DMS drum plant modules, spiral concentrator for the gravity fines concentration. This job was conducted as trainee metallurgist on a contract basis. Bayer (Pty) ltd (May 1999 to November 1999)

Commissioning process control instruments, belt scales, flow meters, nuclear density gauges to allow for the process to be PLC controlled.

Daily process control monitoring, and reporting on production performances, and taking corrective action on deficiencies,

Dense Media Separation plant, Spiral gravity operation and reporting on deviations, Processing chromite ore, for ferrochrome smelters and fines ore for chemical applications, and foundry, The job was performed as junior metallurgist on contract basis with specific deliverables as stated above. Metmar Trading and Shipping (November 1999 - December 2000) Shipping administrator for Metmar Trading and Shipping in Bryanston, Sandton / RSA, duties included: Contract administration for delivery of coal, chromite from producers to buyers, Maintaining and administering shipping documents to ensure that the shipping process goes flawless as per international standards requirements, in conjunction with transporters, and port authorities in Richards Bay Port.

De Beers consolidated mines (May 2001 - May 2005)

Mineral Processing Engineer, Venetia Mine (South Africa) Duties:

Process plant auditing and optimisation; this entailed tracer testing in the cyclone Dense Media Separation process, densimetric tests on the ore by collecting samples. Production management and troubleshooting; monitoring performance on a daily basis and taking corrective action on deficiencies, reporting to management accordingly, The process covered: Crushing, screening, Dense Medium Separation cyclone, magnetic separation of diamond from magnetic gangue using a permanent magnet, and recovery of diamond, Wet magnetic separation to recover ferrosilicon, one of the major cost drivers, X-ray sorting and diamond recovery; providing leadership to production teams in different areas of the plant

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Weir Minerals Africa (June 2005 - April 2007)

Process Engineer in sales and marketing department for Weir Minerals Africa, Isando, Johannesburg. Services provided:

Milling and classification circuits’ optimisation for existing plants experiencing efficiency problems for the client; advising on how best to run the hydrocyclones, and participating in new design configurations for hydrocyclones configuration for optimum running of the milling processes. Pumping and valves sizing for slurry application and clear solution, occasionally worked in pumping division to help at peak workload when needed, this entailed sizing the pumps for the required duty, valves selection to fit the required set up on new and existing plants. Commodities for which equipment’s were sized included; gold, copper and Platinum Group Metals, in some instances coal and mineral sands.

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Anglo Platinum (April 2007 to July 2010)

Senior Metallurgist, at Anglo Platinum, Rustenburg Platinum Mines, Mogalakwena North concentrator. Duties include:

Optimisation of AG milling, Ball milling, hydrocyclone classification, flotation process, press filtration, Commissioning of crushing and screening plant, closed circuit cone crushers, and closed circuit High Pressure Grinding Rolls to generate high rate of fines for mill feed and reduce the circulating load and keep high tonnage throughput.

Commissioning of Ultra Fine Grinding, and Mainstream Inert Grinding IsaMill and optimisation, to keep liberation of particles to highest for efficient flotation of PGM, Ore characterisation in conjunction with geology and mining department. Senet Pty (Lty) (August 2010 to December 2010)

Process commissioning Engineer (metallurgy)

Commissioned the Tongon gold plant (CIL process) in Cote d’Ivoire (West Africa) Process equipment drives direction testing; this included pumps, Agitators, screens, crushers, hydraulic drives on feeders.

Gekkos Systems South Africa (December 2010 to June 2011) Senior Process engineer in charge of commissioning of modular plants: gravity concentration, flotation, and concentrate handling for gold recovery process, and customer liaison. Supervised construction phase of the project, these are factory tested units, shipped to site and fitted together modular units, as per design while adhering to safety standard. Metal accounting to and mass balancing of the plant. Full time study toward completion of Masters of Business Leadership (MBL) (June 2011 to December 2011)

De Beers consolidated mines (December 2011 – April 2013) DMS Plant Section Manager, Venetia Mine (South Africa) Responsibilities include:

Health and safety, production and optimization of the plant, leading and motivating the production workforce, Budget management and control for the section, Planned maintenance coordination with maintenance teams (Electrical, Mechanical, Control and instrumentation)

Interaction with geology and mining to ensure the right grade of ore is fed to the plant. Achievements included; improving cost of consumable, production increase following plant optimisation. Osborn Engineered Products a subsidiary of the Astec Group of companies

(May 2013 – to date)

Area Export Sales Manager to Central and West Africa; dealing in material handling; crushers, screens, feeders for mineral processing, and aggregate market. The job entails finding the market, sizing the equipment, costing and managing the sale either directly or through agents within constraints of international trade laws. International travelling to customers, representing the company at trade shows, engaging new potential customers.

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