Twickenham & Hackney Shaft Complexes
Full surface and underground infrastructure delivery across 60+ contracts over 8 years.
Mining, Engineering & Built Environment Infrastructure Delivery
NBi Group is a multidisciplinary infrastructure delivery consultancy, providing full life-cycle cost consultancy, feasibility studies, and project and contracts management — for platinum, coal, chrome, copper, anthracite and diamond operations across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
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About us
Two decades inside the mining industry
Founded in 2004, NBi Group has grown into one of South Africa's leading multidisciplinary infrastructure delivery consultancies. Over more than two decades we have evolved into two focused divisions, giving mining houses a single partner across the full project life cycle.
We have been appointed for the full quantity surveying, cost, contracts and project management scope on projects exceeding R5 billion, and have delivered feasibility studies exceeding R6 billion per project — across platinum, coal, chrome, copper, anthracite and diamond operations in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Division 01
NBi Quantity Surveyors
Mining and engineering cost consultancy — feasibility studies, cost and contracts management, and project controls.
Division 02
NBi Rail
Civil, structural and built environment delivery — perway construction, substations, depots and heavy industrial infrastructure.
Why mining houses partner with NBi
Built for the demands of the resource sector
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Full life-cycle capability
From feasibility through delivery to close-out, under one accountable team.
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Proven at scale
R5bn+ in QS, cost and contracts scope; R6bn+ feasibility studies per project.
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Deep underground & surface expertise
Shaft sinking, underground services, process plants, ore bins and silos.
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Multi-commodity, pan-African exposure
Platinum, coal, chrome, copper, anthracite and diamond across SA, Zimbabwe, Zambia.
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Regulatory & social licence expertise
Social & Labour Plans, inclusive procurement, community infrastructure.
Core services
End-to-end delivery capability
Eight integrated service lines, drawn on individually or as a full-scope engagement.
Cost Consultancy
Independent, benchmarked cost advice from concept through execution.
Cost & Commercial Management
Budget control, valuations and commercial oversight through delivery.
Feasibility & Conceptual Studies
Robust studies that de-risk investment decisions before capital commitment.
Project Management
Integrated programme and delivery management across scope, time and cost.
Contracts Management
NEC3-aligned contract administration and dispute avoidance.
Procurement & Supply Chain
Structured procurement strategies that unlock value and local content.
Stakeholder Engagement
Coordinated engagement across communities, regulators and partners.
Social Labour Plans & Community Development
SLP compliance and community infrastructure that earns social licence.
Our contracts management approach
Discipline that protects the programme
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Project Controls
Cost, schedule and change control embedded from day one.
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Project Integration
Aligning design, procurement and construction into one plan.
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Risk Management
Early identification and active mitigation of commercial risk.
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Team Alignment
Client, contractor and consultant teams working to one outcome.
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Real-Time Monitoring
Live progress and cost data to support fast decision-making.
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Supplier Development
Building capable, compliant local supply chains.
Mining & engineering technical capability
Capability across the full asset base
Surface & process infrastructure
- Mine ventilation shafts
- Vertical & inclined shaft systems
- Process plants
- Water & sewer infrastructure
- Material handling systems
Underground & bulk infrastructure
- Shaft & underground services
- Personnel handling systems
- Ore bins & silos
- Roads, rail & bulk earthworks
- Terraces & access roads
NBi Rail — Civil & Structural
Perway construction, substations, ICT infrastructure, washing facilities, running & lifting sheds, signalling and OHTE — delivered across multiple rail depot upgrades.
NBi — Built Environment
Substations, residential housing, heavy-duty steel workshops, warehouses, shopping centres and offices.
Executed projects
A track record built underground and on surface
Thirteen representative engagements across South Africa's, Zimbabwe's and Zambia's largest mining and infrastructure programmes.
Venetia Underground Project
NBi seconded site QS to Worley SA's EPCM team for De Beers (Feb 2018 – Aug 2024): shaft workshop, winder houses, refrigeration plant, ventilation fans, change house complex, substations, electrical/water reticulation, surface conveyor works and underground water doors.
Mopani Mine 3.6Mtpa Upgrade Project
Quantity surveying and tender documentation for a 3.6Mtpa upgrade programme in Zimbabwe.
Mogalakwena North Concentrator
Process plant upgrade, extended since 2019 to include Bulk Ore Sorter proof-of-concept and MF3 tailings reconfiguration.
Sandsloot Exploration Declines & Future of Mogalakwena
Exploration drilling, dewatering boreholes, roads, overhead lines, Pollution Control Dam, D4380 road upgrades and Bulk Power substations.
Boikarabelo Coal Mine
Feasibility study and surface infrastructure execution delivered over 24 months.
Impumelelo Mine
Appointed from feasibility through to execution — multidisciplinary surface infrastructure contracts spanning earthworks, conveyors, change houses, substations and reticulation.
Watervaal Chrome Recovery Plant
Cost and contracts management for the Watervaal chrome recovery plant programme.
New Denmark Colliery
Cost and contracts management support across the New Denmark colliery programme.
Kusile & Tutuka Power Stations
Cost and contracts management support delivered over 30+ months.
PRASA Wolmerton Depot & Test Track
Civil and structural works including perway, substations, signalling and OHTE infrastructure.
OR Tambo International Airport Airside Upgrade
Airside infrastructure upgrade delivered across 5 packages over 3 years.
University of Johannesburg Mine Simulation Tunnel
Delivery support for the university's mine simulation tunnel facility.
Feasibility & conceptual studies
De-risking investment before capital commitment
| Project | Client | Commodity |
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| Brakfontein / Paardekraal No.2 Shaft / Ga-Phasha & Twickenham | Anglo Platinum / Anooraq | Platinum |
| Mooinooi Expansion | BHP Billiton | Platinum |
| Barplats Mine | Eastern Platinum | Platinum |
| Wesizwe Platinum Mine | Wesizwe Platinum | Platinum |
| Thubelisha & Dorstfontein East Mines | Sasol Mining / Total Mining | Coal |
| Kennedy's Vale | Chromtek | Chrome |
| Chambishi Mine | Akata Group / NFCA | Copper — Zambia |
| Kangwane Mine | Main Street 800 | Anthracite |
| T-Project Coal | African Exploration Mining and Finance Corp. | Coal |
| Marikana E4 | Fluor (EPCM for Sibanye Stillwater) | Platinum |
Social value & regulatory compliance
Infrastructure that strengthens communities
Selected clients
Trusted across the resource sector
Mining houses & operators
State-owned entities & infrastructure
EPCM & delivery partners
Trusts & development partners
Partnering with your operation
Converting a resource into a delivered project
We welcome the opportunity to discuss how NBi can support your organisation's next feasibility study, capital project or community programme.
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Get in touch
Let's discuss your next project
Let's discuss your next feasibility study, capital project or community programme.
Telephone
+27 11 975 9950
Facsimile
+27 11 975 2287
Physical Address
No. 37 Kerk Street, Kempton Park Extension 2, Kempton Park, 1620, South Africa
Postal Address
Postnet Suite 152, Private Bag X27, Kempton Park, 1620, South Africa
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Let's talk about your next feasibility study or capital project
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