Global Ballast Contractors

About Global Ballast Contractors

Development of high density concrete applications, i.e. aggregate selection and testing, mixture design, economic and technical feasability studies. Trading brokerage of Fe based minerals and metals, i.e. Iron Ore, Ferro Sillicon, Iron Sands, Mill Scales, Steel Punchings, Ilmenite, Direct Reduction Pellets.

Established to support relevant industry with temporary or fixed ballast solutions. Creating economic, environmental and structural stability for your structure, such as: • heavy lift vessels; • floating or bottom fixed structures; • steel gravity structures; • counterweights (sluices, excavators, cranes); • sailing ships keels. Specialised in high density ballast solutions, serving you with a lower center of gravity, an improved turning or trimming point or just more weight in less volume.

With roots in civil engineering, concrete technology and extensive knowledge of Fe (iron) based minerals and derivatives thereof, supporting you with, inter alia: • improved project economics; • design and engineering of pumpable and self levelling slurries, o loose bulk ballast and high density concrete; • material and equipment selection; • supply chain studies; • ballast commissioning and decommissioning; • relevant scale model tests.

Arisen from a global supplier of upgraded iron ore products, Global Ballast Contractors is given the opportunity to build up an extensive knowledge base of cultures, people, industrial minerals, concrete, ballast, economics, business management and technical sales.

A private owned company, independent of suppliers. Objective, innovative and accurate. In the present day, with all the possibilities of digital communication, realistic to state, we offer world wide presence. Office located in The Netherlands, 45 minutes drive from Schiphol Airport and thus located at your physical doorstep.

Access to materials sourced and processed in Europe, USA, South-Africa and Australia. Utilizing local people and companies to support your project.

Address

• Headquarters

  Karstraat 285301BR ZaltbommelGelderland, Netherlands