IMC GROUP CONSULTING LIMITED

IMC Group Consulting Limited (IMC) is an international consultancy and offers a broad spectrum of services in the environmental, mining, minerals, engineering and energy industries world wide, and is a recognised world leader in its field.

IMC has been in continuous existence since the date of its incorporation in 1947 and incorporates International Mining Consultants Limited and Mackay & Schnellmann Limited. IMC has worked in more than 150 countries, and undertakes assignments in over 25 countries in a typical year. In July 2006 IMC Group Consulting Limited was purchased by Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH (DMT) of Germany. DMT’s Montan Consulting division will be merged into IMC.

IMC’s typical clients include a range of merchant banks, private mining companies, aid agencies, international government bodies, lawyers, insurers and major financing institutions such as the World Bank, DFID, TACIS, UN, PHARE, ADB, EBRD and NGO's.

IMC has undertaken competent person’s reports, due diligence, financial analyses, bankable documents, supports to investors, institutional strengthening, mineral exploration, mining engineering, geological and environmental remediation projects at all levels from very small operations through to multidisciplinary and multinational operations in developing countries, and in the developed world.

IMC’s headquarters are in Nottinghamshire, UK, with other offices in London, Essen, Moscow and associate companies in India and South Africa. Our teams are highly decentralised through a network of main project offices, several operating on a number of assignments. IMC also forms collaboration with local companies in countries where the volume of our work has reached a critical mass and offers economic advantage to our clients.


ACTIVITIES

Underground and Surface Mining Mine Services and Infrastructure International Investor Support - CPR, Due Diligence & Valuations:
In the recent years IMC has become one of the preferred consultancies for the preparation of competent persons reports in connection with mining flotations or IPOs on all the major international stock exchanges, especially the London Stock Exchange Main and AIM markets. Kazakhmys and Xstrata are recent examples. IMC has a strong reputation for due diligence, financial analyses, valuations and bankable document preparation as support to investors and owners in the sale, acquisition and financing of mining assets.

Strategic Development & Restructuring:
IMC has carried out a wide range of restructuring projects and organisational studies in the coal and non-coal sectors. These have invariably included detailed consideration of technical proposals and changes to management structure, as well as substantial financial restructuring.

Exploration, Resource Modelling & Earth Sciences:
IMC’s experience in Exploration and Geological Appraisal spans a period of more than 40 years, during which time, the company has been involved on nearly all of the World’s continents. Some recent examples of the consultant's Exploration and Geological Appraisal experience includes projects in Papua New Guinea, Mali and Mauritania.

Project Management, Feasibility & Design:
IMC is involved in all aspects of mine development projects from exploration and feasibility through to design, international bid management, contract negotiation, construction supervision, mine management, operational assistance and training. The consultant generally acts in the capacity of Owners Engineer but also works in collaboration with Contractor organisations. Together with our parent group the consultant brings to this work a full in-house multidiscipline capability able to deliver a one stop shop service and providing continuity throughout the extended development period associated with new mine developments.

Environmental Impact Assessment & Management Systems:
IMC provides a unique range of skills covering every aspect of environmental problem solving in relation to land, water and airborne pollution. IMC has the expertise and resources to provide a comprehensive scientific, technical, engineering, management, design and training services for all types of projects, ranging from initial investigations and environmental planning, environmental impact assessments, environmental audits, and management studies through to remediation and rehabilitation of polluted sites.

Procurement, Project Implementation & Operational Assistance:
Throughout the Company’s long involvement with the international mining industry, IMC has built up an exceptional and unique procurement capability associated with major mine development projects on a world-wide basis. This service covers plant, equipment and mine development and operation. The consultant has no limitation of scale with projects ranging in value from $10,000 to $1,000,000,000. The in-house multi-disciplinary capability supports tendering, contract negotiation, expediting, works inspection and pre-shipment activities. IMC's long association with many banks, International Financing Institutions, aid agencies and credit risk organisations also provides a special conduit to assist client's with the establishment of credit facilities. IMC's procurement services extend to the specification and establishment of whole mine inventory control systems.

Metal and Mineral Processing:
IMC’s experience is very broadly based and covers a wide range of minerals, metals and energy sector deposits. The consultant has provided services in all aspects of mineral processing.

Mine Safety & Training:
IMC has the capability to design, prepare and implement training programmes throughout the world, and also arrange and co-ordinate Client’s visits to the UK or elsewhere as part of an integrated training package. In response to the training demands of the world market place, the scope of the IMC's training services has been developed to meet the needs of developing countries, intermediate technology countries, and highly developed nations such as UK, USA, Australia and South Africa. The most significant and relevant common factor is the creation of a self-contained training capability within the Client’s organisation. This capability, developed with IMC’s assistance and direction, includes a well equipped training centre or establishment, sometimes incorporating an underground training mine or galleries, staffed by full-time training staff who have been trained to design appropriate curriculum and deliver classroom and practical training courses and seminars.

Research & Development

TYPICAL PROJECTS
IRAN- Tabas Coal Mine Project. Feasibility, basic design, supervision of detailed design, engineering, construction, commissioning and operation of an underground coal mine complex.
IRAN - Khomrood Coal Mine Project. Basic design for an underground coal mine and preparation of tender documentation to engage contractors for detailed design, construction and commissioning. KAZAKHSTAN - Competent Person's Report for the Kazakhmys plc listing in November 2005 on the London Stock Exchange Main Market.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Bankable Feasibility Study for an openpit copper/cobalt mine and concentrator.
SOUTHERN AFRICA - Assessment of market opportunities for UK CCT in Southern Africa on behalf of the UK Department of Trade and Industry.
CZECH REPUBLIC - Environmental due diligence to identify environmental liabilities resulting from post privatisation activities of underground coal mines and 2 coking plants. Environmental audits of all operations including the plant sites, rehabilitation areas, rejects and tailings sites of each mine with regard to compliance to legal regulations.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Regional geological mapping project and exploration. Training of local field geologist is an important part of the scope of work.
MALI - Major mapping project for Mali designed to improve the geological knowledge base of the country. MAURITANIA - Gold prospecting programme in Northern Mauritania in the Oussat-Sfariates region involving prosecution, sampling and a limited amount of drilling in prospective areas.
SOUTH AFRICA - In-depth review of the Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate (MHSI) and it's impact on the South African Mining industry, following the introduction of the Mine Health and Safety Act (Act 29 of 1996) (MHSA).
UNITED KINGDOM - Independent a Audit of Health and Safety Management at Rock Salt Mine covering all underground and surface operations and to establish regulatory compliance level and comparison against industry (underground mining) best practice.
INDIA - Provided a specialist resident team to assist in all aspects of procurement activities for a budget of US$2 billion for 25 mines, across 5 regional coalfield companies. Responsibilities included training and development of staff, development of procurement procedures and liaison with the IBRD.
BOTSWANA - Long-term specialist assistance to BCL in the specification and procurement of equipment as part of their continued operation until the exhaustion of the mineable reserves.
EGYPT - Management and technical assistance to the Ministry of Industry in relation to the Abu Tartur Phosphate Mine.
BANGLADESH - Owner's Engineer for the Barapukuria Coal Mine, the first deep mine in Bangladesh. Services included assistance with contract negotiation, design verification, equipment selection, contract management and construction supervision. The mine was brought into production in 2005 with a rated capacity of 1Mtpa. Coal from the mine feeds directly into 250MW coal-fired power station. Further engaged to provide contact management with supervisory services and assist the Client in developing cohesive mine management teams.

EXPERIENCE IN
EUROPE & CIS: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia (F.Y. Republic), Netherlands, Norway (Spitsbergen), Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia (ie. Serbia + Montenegro)

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA: Algeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

AFRICA: Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea (Conakry), Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

SOUTH ASIA: Baluchistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

EAST ASIA: China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

PACIFIC: Australia, Christmas Island, Fiji, Kiribati, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands

NORTH AMERICA: Canada, Greenland, USA

CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Grenada, St Vincent & The Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago

CENTRAL AMERICA: Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama

SOUTH AMERICA:Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay, Venezuela

OFFICES ABROAD
Essen (Germany)
Russia (Moscow)

ASSOCIATIONS
International Mining Consultants Limited
Mackay & Schnellmann Limited
Montan Consulting
International Mining Consultants Pty Ltd, Australia

SECTORS AND DISCIPLINES
Construction: Civil & specialist engineering
Construction: Quarrying
Construction: Structural engineering
Energy: Coal
Engineering: Design
Engineering: Project
Environment: Clean up
Environment: Impact assessment
Environment: Management
Industry: Mining and minerals
Industry: Metals
Infrastructure: Engineers
Infrastructure: Tunnels
Institutional: Capacity building
Institutional: Management
Institutional: Training
Management: Privatisation
Management: Procurement / buying agents
Management: Purchasing strategies
Management: Restructuring
Construction: Underground works
Engineering: Project management
Engineering: Management consultancy
Financial: Expert witness
Financial: Mergers & acquisitions
Management: Technology transfer

SECTORS AND DISCIPLINES

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