Eia & Wml Application

Project Description

The existing Zimco Aluminium Company (Zimalco), a Division of the Zimco Group (Pty) Ltd, is a secondary aluminium smelter situated in the Benoni Industrial Sites, Benoni, in the Gauteng Province.
The study site is located within the jurisdiction of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.

The operation recycles aluminium scrap and primary metal to produce aluminium foundry ingot, powder and master alloys which are then sold. The facility also processes aluminium dross to extract the metallic aluminium.

Aluminium dross is a by-product of the aluminium smelting process. The dross is classified as hazardous waste. Aluminium dross can be mechanically processed to separate the residual metal from the aluminium oxide.

Dross from the secondary aluminium smelter as well as from other external sources is processed at Zimalco. The melted metal is cast into 600kg or 700kg sows. The remaining dross, once cooled, is either sold off to a tertiary processor, or is collected and disposed of at the Holfontein landfill facility. from the secondary aluminium smelter as well as from other external sources is processed at Zimalco. The melted metal is cast into 600kg or 700kg sows. The remaining dross, once cooled, is either sold off to a tertiary processor, or is collected and disposed of at the Holfontein landfill facility.

Scope of Services

• Project Management and Administration;
• Waste Management License Application Process;
• Identification, management and conducting of specialist studies; and
• Stakeholder engagement