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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.

Manhattan Corporation covers most major commodity groups and a wide range of mineral processing methods, so the practical question is usually not "do they work with my mineral?" but "which of their plant types matches my ore and project stage?" Based on the company's own service description, it supports gold, copper, PGMs, lithium, chrome, coal, mineral sands, tin/tantalum/niobium, base metals and aggregates, using methods that run from crushing and screening through to dense media separation, leaching and final packaging.

Minerals covered

Manhattan lists expertise across the following commodity groups, each with specific process variants:

If your ore falls into one of these categories, it is likely within scope. If it does not appear on the list, that does not automatically rule it out, but you would need to confirm directly rather than assume coverage.

Processing methods and plant types

The company's plant portfolio spans comminution, separation, leaching and dewatering:

• Crushing and screening plants — primary size reduction and classification
• Milling and cyclone circuits — fine grinding and classification
• Scrubbing and wash plants — clay and fines removal
• Dense media separation (DMS) — gravity-based density separation
• Magnetic separation circuits — removal or concentration of magnetic minerals
• Spiral plants — gravity concentration for fine material
• Pan plants with Flowsort — alluvial and placer concentration
• Heap leach plants — solution-based extraction for suitable ores
• Agitator tank systems — agitated leaching for higher-grade or finer feeds
• Tailings dump reprocessing — recovery from historical tailings
• Overland conveyors — material transport, underground and open cast
• Water recovery, filtering and degrit circuits — process water management
• Drying and final packaging plants — product finishing

Matching a mineral to a method

The same mineral can require different flowsheets depending on ore type. Gold is the clearest example: alluvial gold suits pan plants or wash plants, free-milling gold suits standard leaching, and refractory gold needs different pretreatment before leaching. Copper splits similarly between oxide and sulphide routes. This is why the company frames its offer around testwork and design rather than a fixed product list — the flowsheet is selected after ore characterisation.

How to check whether your project fits

1. Identify your commodity and ore type (e.g. sulphide vs oxide copper, alluvial vs hard-rock gold).
2. Match it against the table above. If your commodity is listed, note which process variant applies.
3. Check your project stage. Manhattan offers laboratory test work through accredited labs, geological analysis of resource reports and feasibility studies, plant design, fabrication, equipment sales and full turnkey delivery — so it can engage at exploration, feasibility or construction stage.
4. Confirm the flowsheet. Because method selection depends on ore characteristics, the definitive answer comes from testwork and design work, not from the commodity list alone.

The company states it has over 30 years of mining and processing experience, a 240,000 m² fabrication facility, and a presence across 40 countries with solutions generated for 80 mineral types — figures worth treating as the company's own claims rather than independently verified counts.

Manhattan Corporation supplies mineral processing equipment as part of a broader turnkey service: it designs, fabricates, delivers and commissions process plants, and also sells equipment directly. Its site states that with over 30 years of mining and processing experience, its expert team "will ensure you get the correct equipment at the best price." That combination — equipment sales backed by in-house design and fabrication — is the main reason to consider it as a supplier. It is likely a fit if you need a plant-scale solution or equipment matched to a specific ore and process route; it is less clearly suited if you only want a single off-the-shelf unit with no engineering input.

What Manhattan Corporation does

The company describes itself as a business partner in process and mining solutions, offering turnkey mining and mineral processing equipment solutions. Its listed services are:

• Turnkey projects — design, manufacture, delivery and commissioning of process plants according to client needs, overseeing the process "from concept to completion, down to the last bolt."
• Process plant design — a multi-disciplinary engineering team covering mechanical, metallurgical, electrical and civil design.
• Fabrication and engineering — a main fabrication facility in a 240,000 m² engineering complex, supported by a network of niche support firms.
• Equipment sales — equipment supply drawing on 30+ years of mining and processing experience.
• Geology exploration and GIS — analysis of resource reports and bankable feasibility studies.
• Laboratory test work — management of testwork campaigns through accredited laboratories and process specialists.

The site also cites a global presence across 40 countries and 80 mineral types.

How equipment supply fits with turnkey projects

Equipment sales is not a standalone catalogue business here. Because the same organisation handles process plant design and fabrication, equipment selection can be tied to the metallurgical testwork and plant design for your project. In practice that means:

1. Define the application. The site lists the plant types it covers — crushing and screening, milling and cyclone circuits, scrubbing and wash plants, dense media separation, magnetic separation, pan plants with Flowsort, spiral plants, heap leach plants, agitator tank systems, tailings dump reprocessing, overland conveyors, water recovery/filtering/degrit circuits, and drying and final packaging plants.
2. Match the commodity. Expertise is claimed across gold (standard leaching, refractory and alluvial), copper (oxide and sulphide, gold heap leach), PGMs, lithium (spodumene and other lithium minerals), chrome, coal, mineral sands (zircon, ilmenite, rutile), tin/tantalum/niobium, base metals, aggregates and diamonds.
3. Use testwork and design to specify equipment. Laboratory test work and process plant design feed into what equipment is appropriate, rather than selecting from a fixed list.
4. Fabricate, deliver, commission. Fabrication capacity and commissioning support sit behind the equipment sale.

What to check before choosing it as a supplier

• Scope boundary. Decide whether you want equipment only or equipment plus design, fabrication and commissioning. The turnkey offer is the company's stated strength; a pure equipment purchase should be scoped explicitly.
• Commodity and process fit. Confirm your ore type and process route appear in the applications and commodities lists above. If your flowsheet is unusual, ask how testwork would be handled.
• Price basis. The site promises "the correct equipment at the best price" but publishes no pricing. Treat cost as a quotation item and ask what is included — design, fabrication, delivery, commissioning, spares.
• Evidence of delivery. Ask for references in your commodity and region; the 40-country, 80-mineral figures are company-stated and worth verifying against projects similar to yours.

The site shows a "subscribe" signal but no pricing links or payment platforms, so commercial terms are not available from the page itself.

Manhattan Corporation provides two front-end service lines for mining projects: Geology Exploration & GIS and Laboratory Test Work. The first covers expert geological analysis of resource reports and bankable feasibility studies; the second covers managed testwork campaigns run through a network of accredited laboratories and process specialists. Both are aimed at giving clients the data they need to make decisions about a company or venture before committing to plant design or equipment.

Geology Exploration & GIS

Manhattan describes this service as expert geological analysis of resource reports and bankable feasibility studies. The stated purpose is to let clients make the best decisions for their company or venture based on the data available.

In practice, that means the geology side of the business is positioned as an interpretation and review function rather than a drilling contractor. If you already hold resource data, historical reports, or a feasibility study in progress, this is the service line that applies.

What it is suited to

• Reviewing and interpreting existing resource reports
• Supporting bankable feasibility studies with geological input
• Feeding exploration-stage data into later process and plant decisions

Laboratory Test Work

Manhattan manages extensive testwork campaigns for both exploration and bankable feasibility study stages. It does this through a network of accredited laboratories and process specialists, rather than through a single in-house lab.

The scope is deliberately broad: the same testwork capability is offered for early exploration programmes and for feasibility-level studies, which means a project can move from initial sample characterisation through to the metallurgical data a feasibility study requires without changing provider.

What it is suited to

• Exploration-stage sample testing
• Feasibility-stage metallurgical testwork
• Campaigns that need accredited laboratory results plus process interpretation

How these services connect to the rest of the offering

The geology and laboratory work sits upstream of Manhattan's engineering and plant services. The company also offers process plant design, fabrication and engineering, equipment sales, and turnkey projects covering design, manufacture, delivery and commissioning. Testwork and geological analysis are the inputs that inform those later stages — for example, deciding on a flowsheet for a crushing and screening plant, a dense media separation circuit, or a leaching plant depends on what the testwork shows about the ore.

Manhattan states it has expertise across major commodities including gold (standard leaching, refractory and alluvial), copper (oxide and sulphide, plus gold heap leach operations), PGMs, lithium (spodumene and other lithium minerals), chrome, coal, mineral sands, tin/tantalum/niobium, base metals, aggregates and diamonds.

Practical points to check before engaging

• Accreditation specifics — the site states the laboratories are accredited but does not name them or list which accreditation bodies apply. Ask which labs would handle your sample type.
• Scope of a testwork campaign — "extensive" is not defined. Confirm sample volumes, turnaround times and which stages (comminution, gravity, flotation, leach, etc.) are included.
• Feasibility level — if you need bankable feasibility study support, confirm early whether the geology and testwork outputs will meet the standard your financiers require.
• Data handover — since the geology service is built around analysing reports you provide, clarify what format and level of detail the input data needs to be in.

The two services are best treated as a single front-end package: geological interpretation of what you have, followed by testwork that fills the gaps, both feeding into a feasibility study and then into plant design.

Manhattan Corporation is a mining and mineral processing company that positions itself as a "business partner in process and mining solutions." Based on its own site description, it offers turnkey mining and mineral processing equipment solutions — meaning it can take a project from concept through design, manufacture, delivery, and commissioning. If you are evaluating suppliers for a processing plant, equipment sourcing, or feasibility-stage testwork, this page explains what the company says it covers.

Core positioning: turnkey projects

The company's headline service is turnkey project delivery. According to its site, Manhattan can design, manufacture, deliver, and commission process plants according to client needs, overseeing the process "from concept to completion, down to the last bolt."

That framing matters if you want a single accountable partner rather than coordinating separate design, fabrication, and installation contractors. The trade-off is typical of turnkey arrangements: less direct control over individual subcontractors, in exchange for one point of responsibility.

Service lines

The site lists six service areas:

Two of these are worth separating out. Geology Exploration & GIS and Laboratory Test Work are early-stage, study-oriented services — relevant if you are still assessing a deposit or building a feasibility case rather than ordering hardware. Fabrication and Equipment Sales are later-stage and physical. A company offering both ends can in principle carry a project across the study-to-construction boundary, though you should confirm scope and capacity for your specific project directly.

Processing applications and commodities

The site states Manhattan offers solutions across a broad range of applications, including:

• Crushing and screening plants
• Milling and cyclone circuits
• Scrubbing and wash plants
• Dense media separation (DMS)
• Magnetic separation circuits
• Pan plants with Flowsort
• Spiral plants
• Heap leach plants
• Agitator tank systems
• Tailings dump reprocessing
• Underground and open cast overland conveyors
• Water recovery, filtering and degrit circuits
• Drying and final packaging plants

Commodity expertise claimed on the page spans:

• Gold — standard leaching, refractory, and alluvial processing 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 plants
• Coal — crushing, sizing, and upgrade plants
• Mineral sands — zircon, ilmenite, rutile processing and upgrade
• Tin, tantalum, niobium — recovery plants
• Base metals — comprehensive processing solutions
• Aggregates — crushing and sizing plants

If your commodity or circuit type is not on this list, that does not automatically rule the company out, but it is the first thing to raise in an enquiry.

Scale and reach

The page cites a 240,000 m² fabrication complex and states a global presence across 40 countries, with 80 mineral types covered by its solutions. It also references over 30 years of mining and processing experience.

These are self-reported figures from the company's own site. Treat them as claims to verify against references or site visits if the project scale justifies it — particularly the fabrication capacity figure, since it directly affects whether your equipment can be built in-house or subcontracted.

When this company is likely relevant

Manhattan Corporation is worth shortlisting if you:

• Need a single turnkey contractor for a mineral processing plant, from design through commissioning
• Are at feasibility or exploration stage and need geological analysis or managed lab testwork
• Want equipment supply for crushing, screening, DMS, gravity, or leaching circuits
• Are working in gold, copper, PGMs, lithium, chrome, coal, mineral sands, or aggregates

It is likely a weaker fit if you need only a narrow piece of the chain (for example, a single used equipment item) or if your commodity and circuit type fall outside the listed applications.

Practical next step

The site's contact path runs through its services and clients sections rather than a published price list — no pricing or payment details appear on the page. To get a usable answer, prepare a short brief covering: commodity, target throughput, circuit type, project stage (scoping, PFS, DFS, construction), and whether you want design only, equipment only, or full turnkey delivery. That lets the company respond with a scoped proposal rather than a generic capability statement.