Royal IHC successfully launched the electric cutter suction dredger (CSD) Sandra yesterday. The launch took place at Royal IHC’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands.
The CSD Sandra is the second electric mining dredger they have built for Kenmare Resources Plc. The sister vessel, Calen , was launched in January. Both vessels are customized mining dredgers, measuring 62 meters and weighing close to 1,000 tons.
They each have a total installed power of 6,800 kVA and a cutter power of 1,350 kW.
The two new dredgers will work at Kenmare’s Moma Titanium Minerals Mine in Mozambique . Both vessels will form part of the upgrade of Kenmare’s largest plant, Wet Concentrator Plant A, which is being undertaken in advance of the plant’s relocation to the large Nataka ore zone.
In the coming period, the vessels will be outfitted further and commissioned at the quay in Kinderdijk.
In April, an official name giving ceremony will be held with representatives from Kenmare and IHC Mining.