Manhattan

What Manhattan does

Manhattan Corporation (trading as Manhattan Process Engineering) is a South Africa-based, privately held turnkey mineral processing plant provider serving the global mining industry. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Brakpan, Gauteng, the company designs, manufactures, delivers, installs, and commissions modular processing plants and supporting mine infrastructure for clients ranging from junior explorers to majors such as BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, De Beers, and Vale. The firm claims project delivery across 40 countries and 80+ mineral types, including gold, copper, PGMs, lithium, chrome, coal, diamonds, mineral sands, and critical minerals.

The company's core technology stack centers on modular processing plant engineering covering crushing, milling, scrubbing, dense media separation (DMS) down to 450 microns, gravity concentration, flotation, leaching circuits (heap leach, CIL, CIP), and tailings reprocessing. A proprietary differentiator is its 240,000 m2 in-house fabrication complex in Brakpan, which produces steel structures, vessels, and sheet-work under ISO/ANSI finishing standards, enabling trial assembly, tighter quality control, and shorter lead times than competitors that outsource fabrication. Supporting capabilities include a network of accredited laboratories for metallurgical testwork (XRD, ICP, XRF, Bond Work Index, DMS pilot, HLS, flotation, leach kinetics, fire assay), geology exploration and GIS for bankable feasibility studies, and a content platform (Process Overflow) used as a top-of-funnel technical marketing channel.

Manhattan generates revenue primarily through fixed-price turnkey project contracts awarded via competitive tendering and direct negotiation with mining company procurement teams. Distribution is exclusively direct, with no resellers or channel partners, and pricing is quote-based per project scope, commodity, capacity, and site conditions. The customer base is horizontally diversified across commodity segments (gold is the primary use case, with copper, diamonds, PGMs, lithium, coal, and critical minerals as secondary segments), and the company participates in industry events such as the Victoria Falls Mining Indaba to generate mid-funnel engagement. No public revenue, funding, or institutional ownership data is disclosed in available sources.

Name

Manhattan

Legal name

Manhattan Corporation

Website

https://manhattancorp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Manhattan Corporation is a South African turnkey mineral processing plant provider that designs, fabricates, and commissions modular processing plants and mine infrastructure for global mining companies across 40 countries and 80+ mineral types.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mineral Processing Engineering

NAICS

Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333131), Mining and Oil and Gas Field Machinery Manufacturing (33313), Plate Work and Fabricated Structural Product Manufacturing (33231), Support Activities for Metal Mining (213114)

SIC

Mining Machinery & Equip (No Oil & Gas Field Mach & Equip) (3532), Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530)

akta.pro primary industry

Mine Construction & Development Contracting (Shaft Sinking, Tunneling, Pre-Strip, Civil Works) (IMAKAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mine Development & Processing EPC (Critical Minerals) (IMAKAFAM), Project & Construction Management (EPCM, Owner’s Engineer, Scheduling/Controls) (IMAKAOAG)

Keywords

• Turnkey mineral processing
• Modular processing plants
• Dense media separation
• Comminution engineering
• Mine infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Gauteng

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Turnkey Project Contracts: Manhattan generates revenue through fixed-price turnkey project contracts for the design, manufacture, delivery, and commissioning of mineral processing plants. Projects are awarded through competitive tendering and direct negotiation with mining company procurement teams. Revenue is recognized upon project completion and handover.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Manhattan designs, manufactures, delivers and commissions turnkey mineral processing plants and modular infrastructure systems for the global mining industry. The company offers fully integrated solutions spanning process engineering, in-house fabrication across a 240,000 m² manufacturing facility, and on-site commissioning, enabling clients to receive complete production-ready plants for gold, copper, diamonds, critical minerals, coal, and iron ore operations.

Product overview

Manhattan Corporation (Manhattan Process Engineering) is a turnkey mineral processing plant provider offering an integrated portfolio of products and services for the mining industry. The core offering consists of modular, scalable processing plants designed for rapid deployment from discovery to production. Key products include Gold Processing Solutions, Copper Processing Solutions, and Dense Media Separation (DMS) Plants for various commodities including PGMs, lithium, chrome, coal, and mineral sands. Supporting products include Crushing and Screening Solutions, Milling and Comminution Solutions, Ore Handling and Storage Systems, and Mine Infrastructure development. The company also provides Critical Minerals Processing for strategic minerals like rare earth elements, lithium, cobalt, and vanadium. Supporting services include Laboratory Test Work, Geology Exploration and GIS, and in-house Fabrication and Manufacturing at their 240,000 m2 South African facility. The Process Overflow Blog serves as an educational content platform for industry knowledge sharing. All products can be delivered as turnkey solutions from concept to commissioning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Turnkey Mineral Processing Plants Fully designed, manufactured, and commissioned mineral processing plants delivered to mining operators under single-supplier contracts spanning multiple commodities.
• Dense Media Separation (DMS) Plants Density-based separation plants engineered to recover valuable minerals from ore using dense media cyclones and drums, sold to diamond, coal, and base-metal mining operators.
• Milling and Comminution Systems Engineered milling circuits and grinding equipment supplied to mining operators to liberate valuable minerals from ore at specified throughput targets.
• Crushing and Screening Systems Crushing and screening circuits designed and supplied to mining operators for primary ore size reduction ahead of milling and concentration stages.
• Ore Handling and Storage Systems Ore receiving, storage, reclaim, and feed systems delivered as integrated components of the processing plant flowsheet.
• Mine Infrastructure Solutions Modular mine-site infrastructure including workshops, offices, accommodation camps, and ancillary facilities delivered alongside processing plant projects.
• Laboratory Test Work Services Metallurgical laboratory test work services used to characterize ore samples, develop process flowsheets, and underpin process guarantees for client projects.
• Geology Exploration and GIS Services Geological exploration, resource modelling, and GIS mapping services delivered to mining clients to support project planning and resource evaluation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Projects delivered from discovery to production faster than industry average through modular design and in-house manufacturing
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Bravura HoldingscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2024Manhattan serves as the engineering and processing solution partner for Bravura Holdings' Zimbabwe lithium projects. Manhattan designed and is delivering modular processing infrastructure for the Kamativi Lithium Project, Zimbabwe's first world-class lithium upgrade facility. The project was unveiled at Victoria Falls Mining Indaba with support from Zimbabwe's Ministry of Mines. Bravura Holdings, backed by Nigerian businessman Benedict Peters, expects to begin lithium production in 2025.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Wood Group: Diversified engineering and project services firm with a mining and metals practice delivering processing plant EPCM — overlaps in project delivery but operates across many more industries.
• Fluor Corporation: Global EPC firm with a mining and metals practice executing large-scale processing plant projects — broader portfolio but directly competes for major mining capex work.

Direct peers

• DRA Global: South African-origin engineering and project delivery firm specializing in mining, mineral processing, and water treatment — the most direct competitor to Manhattan across African gold, PGMs, and base metals EPC work.
• FLSmidth: Global supplier of equipment and EPC services for mining and mineral processing, including comminution, DMS, flotation, and materials handling — overlaps directly with Manhattan's core product suite.
• Metso: Provider of equipment, parts, and services for aggregates, mining, and metals refining, including mills, crushers, screens, and process plant solutions — directly comparable in mining and mineral processing technologies.
• Ausenco: Engineering and project delivery firm specializing in minerals processing, with deep expertise in copper, gold, and critical minerals projects — competes for the same turnkey processing plant contracts.
• Hatch: Global engineering consultancy delivering EPCM services for mining and metals processing, including processing plant design across commodities — directly comparable scope and customer base.
• Multotec: South African-based supplier of mineral processing equipment (cyclones, screens, DMS, magnetic separation, spirals) serving mining operators globally — comparable equipment focus and African roots.
• Tenova (TAKRAF): Provider of mining and bulk material handling solutions, including TAKFRA equipment and processing technologies — competes directly on bulk handling and comminution equipment.

Emerging players

• SGS: Global testing, inspection, and certification firm operating accredited mineral laboratories that support feasibility studies — directly comparable to Manhattan's metallurgical test work services and an adjacent supplier-side alternative.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/manhattanproeng
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UChZmvfx_BI8nNhbpK4gyFrQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/manhattanproeng
• LinkedInza.linkedin.com/company/manhattancorp
• Instagraminstagram.com/ManhattanProEng

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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