About Us
About A&B Global Group
A&B Global Group is a leading niche mining consultancy represented in South Africa, India and the U.A.E providing world-class consulting services to clients across multi-commodities around the world. Our core services focus on mineral resource management, mine optimization, LOM mine planning, practical mining solutions, scoping and feasibility studies, ventilation design, geotechnical studies and applications, process modelling, clean energy and legal compliance services.
EPC and EPCM Services
Also, with our partners, we offer EPC and EPCM services in a comprehensive range of industry sectors including infrastructure and environment; commercial development; minerals; metals and chemicals; power; and hydrocarbons and petrochemicals. This ensures that co-ordination of all services is handled with due diligence, providing quality and timely service to our clients.
We have been the premier choice for several large mining houses to undertake Competent Person mining reviews of scoping and feasibility studies undertaken by large globally represented mining consultancies.
Our Slogan
OUR INSIGHT, YOUR FORESIGHT
concisely describes our capacity to fully ascertain and comprehend the critical issues at hand. This greatly enhances our clients’ ability to plan prudently, identify and quantify the significance and nature of future events.
Our Operating Strategy
The operating strategy of A&B Global Group is to maintain a network of professional consultants who are able to provide a diverse and extensive skills pool. Through these various levels of associate agreements within its operational network. A&B Global Group is able to retain overall project management and ensure the highest deliverable standards.
A&B Global Group's Competitive Structure
Our structure enables us to be very competitive and provide the services of highly motivated, multi-disciplinary, and multi-commodity professionals. We take pride in the fact that the services we provide are also innovative, intuitive, and as a consequence, demonstrated as being integral to our clients’ success. A&B Global Group provides a range of consulting services that enables it to deliver comprehensive solutions to meet the needs of our clients.
Our Mission
A&B Global Group is a mining consultancy company with a difference. We have a strong commitment to integrity, reliability, efficiency, quality, diversity and futuristic thinking. We aim to produce profitable revenue, expand our client base and technical reach, improve our financial strength, and provide career opportunities for our employees. We also strive to be an enjoyable and rewarding place to work, with a focus on pursuit of excellence and professional development opportunities for our staff.
Our Vision
At A&B Global Group, our vision is to be a preferred engineering and technical partner for our clients across the world. We strive to achieve this by adhering to our core values of honesty, trust, respect and pursuit of excellence, while delivering quality services and exceed client expectations.
Devendra Vyas
Managing Director & Principal Mining Engineer
B.E. Mining Engineering, MSAIMM, MECSA, MIMMM
Experience: 21+ years
Devendra Vyas
Managing Director & Principal Mining Engineer
Commodity Experience: Base metals, Precious metals, Industrial mineral, Diamond & Gems, Coal
Mr. Vyas is a mining engineer with over 21 of years’ experience in geological modelling, mining engineering, strategic mine planning, due diligence, strategic business planning, and project management. He is the principal shareholder of the A&B Global Group (South Africa and India). He commenced his career with Hindustan Zinc Limited (India) as Engineer-Mines and later joined Datamine International Ltd. (India), Ararat Gold Recovery Company (Armenia), Konkola Copper Mines Plc (Zambia), Datamine South Africa, CAE Mining Africa, and the UK. Mr. Vyas is a Competent/Qualified Person for Mineral Resources in several commodities, in particular base and precious metals. He played a pivotal role in optimising and improving business profitability on various strategic mining projects across the globe. He has extensive knowledge in planning software platforms for mine planning, design, and scheduling including well-known mining technologies. During his career, he worked in more than 25 countries across the globe. He is the principal shareholder in the A&B Global Group (South Africa and India).
Ettienne Oosthuizen
Director: Operations & Principal Mining Engineer
B.Tech Mining Engineering, MSAIMM, MIMMM
Experience: 24+ years
Ettienne Oosthuizen
Director: Operations & Principal Mining Engineer
Commodity Experience: Base metals, Precious metals, Industrial mineral, Diamond & Gems, Coal
Mr. Oosthuizen has over 24 years of experience in the mining industry ranging from deep-level underground to open-pit mining. He started his mining career at AngloGold Ashanti in 1999 at the bottom of the mine production ladder and moved through the ranks of mining production to eventually be developed and groomed for top management. He joined A&B Global Group South Africa in 2011 to further his expertise in the mining engineering industry and has since been involved in various projects and commodities. His expertise includes project management, mine consulting, prefeasibility studies financial modelling, mine design and LOM planning/scheduling, and open-pit optimisation. Mr. Oosthuizen is a Competent/Qualified Person for Mineral Resources in several commodities, particularly gold and precious metals. He has been a key player in various local tactical planning projects for listed companies and his international project exposure includes several countries in Asia and Africa.
André van der Merwe
Group Vice President
Grad Dip Eng (Mining), BSc (Hons) Geophysics, BSc Geology & Physics, Pr. Sci.Nat., FGSSA
Experience: 35+ years
Andre Van Der Merwe
Group Vice President
Commodity Experience: Base metals, Precious metals, Diamond & Gems, Coal
Mr. van der Merwe has 35+ years of hands-on experience in the minerals industry with insightful knowledge in the disciplines of geology, geophysics, exploration, mining, project management, project development and mineral economics. He has completed many Competent/Qualified Person technical reports, due diligence reviews and mineral asset valuations, covering a wide range of mineralisation styles. He also has been a Technical Consultant/ Advisor/ Owner’s Engineer for successful listings on FTSE, AIM, TSX, ASX and JSE, as well as institutional and private fundraisings. Mr. van der Merwe has managed Prefeasibility and Bankable Feasibility Studies on several mining projects. A particular focus for him is the interplay of risks and results inherent to exploration and development-stage mineral projects. This requires a deep understanding of the economics and how various risks are likely to impact the value of each unique project and evaluating these to plan an optimised risk-time-value management track for each project. He believes that a company needs to understand, quantify and actively manage risks, probabilities and consequences in order to stack the odds in favour of the company’s investments. He has extensive experience across the metal, ore and gemstone categories and has worked for mining organisations across Africa, the Americas, Eastern Europe and Australia.
Kamal Chatterjee
VP- Business Development
B.E. Mining Engineering MSAIMM, MEP
Experience: 35+ years
Kamal Chatterjee
VP- Business Development
Commodity Experience: Base metals, Industrial mineral, Coal
A dedicated professional with 35 years of rich experience in the Mining and Minerals Sector with deep expertise of handling change dictated by intricate challenges of Operational Excellence and growth. Mr. Chatterjee is a strong believer that Transformation and Change in uncertain times requires renewed and relentless focus on Strategic Planning & Management, operational excellence, data driven continuous improvement within Sustainability paradigm. Expertise in managing the mining operations with key focus on top line / bottom line profitability by ensuring optimal utilization of assets and resources. Firm Operational strategist believing in Mining & Metals transition towards cleaner technologies.
Nick King
Head of Geology
B.Sc. (Hons) Geology, GDE, Pr.Sci.Nat.
Experience: 30+ years
Nick King
Head of Geology
Commodity Experience: Base metals, Precious metals
Nick has over 30 years’ experience in exploration and production geology. He is a professionally registered earth scientist with SACNASP and holds a B.Sc. (Hons) from Rhodes University. Nick is a structural and igneous geologist with vast experience in exploration and production environments. Nick has undertaken exploration targeting and ranking, reconnaissance mapping, trench mapping and sampling, stream sediment sampling, soil sampling, exploration grid survey, drill rig supervision, core logging and sampling, and QAQC programs. His years spent on producing underground operations, both shallow and deep, involved mapping, the planning and execution of both exploratory and cover hole drilling, geological and structural modelling, and the delivery of such together with quality-controlled datasets for Mineral Resource updates in line with the Mine Planning cycle. A key activity in Nick’s role on the producing mines was providing comprehensive geological input into strategic and short-term mine planning and forecasting in collaboration with the Planning (Mining Engineering) and production departments. In all these activities his close working relationship across multiple disciplines ensured seamless collaboration and value generation.
With a robust team of over 75 experts spread across our offices in South Africa, India, and the UAE, we bring a wealth of expertise and experience to every project. Our diverse team comprises:
Mining Subject Matter Experts
Geology Experts
Engineering Experts
Technology Specialists
Renewable Energy Specialists
Competent Financial Valuators
Project Managers
Business Analysts
Management Consultants
Business Support Team
Our team’s experience spans from 3 years to over 60 years in the industry, ensuring a deep and comprehensive understanding of various aspects of mining, consultancy, and project management. This extensive experience enables us to tackle complex challenges and deliver exceptional results. We pride ourselves on our multidisciplinary approach and our ability to provide comprehensive solutions that meet the specific needs of our clients. Whether it’s underground mining, open-pit mining, or geological analysis, our team’s collective knowledge and skills ensure the highest standards of excellence and professionalism in all our projects.