Chinese firm to build ambitious Mmamabule project

MEP promoters CIC Energy yesterday announced the selection of Shanghai Electric Group Co. Ltd. (SEC) as the preferred Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor for the first power station to be built at the Mmamabula coalfields.
CIC Energy also announced the appointment of Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) as owner's engineer for the project.

As a result, CIC Energy has entered into a preliminary agreement with SEC for MEP, a project whose power station and mine's capital equipment and infrastructure costs are estimated at US$3 billion.