What does a turnkey mineral processing project from Manhattan Corporation include?

A turnkey project from Manhattan Corporation covers the full path from concept to commissioning: the company designs, manufactures, delivers and commissions a process plant to the client's requirements, and states that it oversees the process "from concept to completion, down to the last bolt." That scope suits clients who want a single partner accountable for the plant rather than coordinating separate design, fabrication and installation contractors. The exact division of work still depends on the commodity, plant type and site conditions agreed for each project.

The four stages Manhattan names

Manhattan describes its turnkey offer as four linked activities:

1. Design — process plant design carried out by a multi-disciplinary engineering team with experience in mechanical, metallurgical, electrical and civil design.
2. Manufacture — fabrication and engineering, with the main fabrication facility housed in a 240,000 m² engineering complex, supported by a network of specialist firms.
3. Deliver — supply and logistics of the plant and equipment to site.
4. Commission — bringing the plant into operation once installed.

Because these stages sit under one contract, the client's interface is with Manhattan rather than with each discipline separately. That is the practical meaning of "turnkey" here: one party carries the plant from an initial concept through to a running operation.

What supports the design and build

Two capabilities feed into the turnkey scope and are worth knowing about when judging fit:

• Laboratory test work — Manhattan manages testwork campaigns through a network of accredited laboratories and process specialists. This covers both exploration-stage testwork and work supporting bankable feasibility studies.
• Geology, exploration and GIS — geological analysis of resource reports and bankable feasibility studies, so clients can base decisions on the available data.

In other words, the design stage is not limited to layout drawings; it can draw on testwork and resource analysis to set process parameters before fabrication begins.

Plant types and commodities covered

Manhattan lists solutions across a broad range of applications, including:

Commodity experience spans gold (standard leaching, refractory and alluvial plants), copper (oxide and sulphide processing, gold heap leach operations), PGMs (platinum, palladium, rhodium recovery), lithium (spodumene and other lithium mineral recovery), chrome (gravity separation), coal (crushing, sizing and upgrade), mineral sands (zircon, ilmenite, rutile), tin, tantalum and niobium recovery, base metals, and aggregates crushing and sizing plants.

The company also cites a global presence, with solutions generated for 40 mineral types across 80 countries. Treat those figures as the company's own summary of its track record rather than as a guarantee for any specific project.

What the client needs to bring

The page does not publish a formal input checklist, so the following is a practical reading of what a design-to-commission scope requires rather than a quoted requirement:

• A defined feed and product target — what mineral or material is being processed, at what throughput, and to what concentrate or product specification. This is what the design is built around.
• Site and services information — available power, water, access and ground conditions, since electrical and civil design form part of the scope.
• Resource and testwork data — resource reports or feasibility studies where they exist, so process parameters can be set with evidence rather than assumption.
• Commercial boundaries — what stays with the client (for example, site civil works or local permits) versus what falls inside the turnkey contract. This should be fixed in writing, because "down to the last bolt" is a broad phrase and the actual split varies by project.

Where to verify specifics

Scope, schedule, price and the exact client/contractor split are project-specific and are not published on the site. For a real enquiry, ask Manhattan directly for:

• a written scope-of-supply matrix listing design, fabrication, delivery, installation and commissioning responsibilities;
• reference plants in the same commodity and comparable throughput;
• the testwork and feasibility inputs required before design can be frozen;
• what the client must provide at site for commissioning to proceed.

Those four items will tell you more about fit than any general description of the turnkey model.