Consulting Services
The principal of Malachite Consulting, Bruce Wedderburn, is a professional Chemical Engineer with extensive international management experience in operations management, major projects, business development and technology development.
Malachite Consulting is supported by:
Phil Hunt who has a wealth of minerals industry experience and specific expertise in nickel, cobalt, copper and gold,
Brett Crossley who has extensive hydrometallurgical experience, in particular in the processing of nickel laterites, and
Fernando Hernandez Polanco who has extensive nickel laterite pyrometallurgical experience with ferronickel and pig iron production.
Malachite Consulting has experience which covers the broad range of Base Metals, Platinum Group Metals, Heavy Minerals and Rare Earth Elements, with the main focus currently on Nickel, Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Uranium and Zircon.
Malachite Consulting is able to draw on an extensive network of experienced professionals both from within Australia and internationally. These professionals include geologists, mining engineers, chemical and metallurgical engineers plus those with commercial skills.
The extensive network enables both small and large projects to be undertaken with the technical and management input from Malachite Consulting.
Key strengths of the Malachite Consulting group include leadership, teamwork, results delivery, responding to significant challenges and effective decision making.
Typical consultancy services would include:
- Operating plant reviews and site visits,
- Technical and commercial due diligence,
- Project assessments,
- Expert witness services,
- Project management of engineering feasibility studies,
- Technology development,
- Process flowsheet development,
- Capital & operating cost estimates, and
- Financial evaluations.
