ZAMBIA POWER CONCERNS AND UPDATE ON LARGE WASTE PROJECT
PROJECTS AND EXPLORATION • water storage facility ( WSF ) and from pit dewatering with a supplementary borefield . The Ministry of Water and Forests granted the required water abstraction authorisations in Q3-2024 and compensation for access clearing for the pipeline is commencing
• Earthworks are underway for the access road construction , clearing of major work areas , and stockpiling of topsoil is ongoing
• Permanent camp construction has begun with the construction of the first 40-man blocks well advanced
• Montage is also focusing on developing an Ivorian supply chain utilising local supply for project and camp consumables , and is advancing major contracts to procure fuel , cement , aggregates and explosive supplies , as well as sustainable food sources
• Power will be drawn from the national grid operator , Compagnie Ivoirienne d ’ Electricite ( CIE ), via a new 225kV transmission line connecting to existing power lines located approximately 20km from the processing plant area . Natural gas and hydro-electric generation account for approximately 70 % and 20 % of Côte d ’ Ivoire ’ s electricity generation1 with expansions projects underway to install an additional 1 448MW of natural gas and 297MW of hydroelectric generation capacity . The CIE has confirmed capacity to meet the demand requirements for the Koné project and Montage has conducted a power system study with CIE which supports the delivery of high quality power , without additional support measures .
Source : supplied by Montage Gold
ZAMBIA POWER CONCERNS AND UPDATE ON LARGE WASTE PROJECT
Location : Zambia Phase : Production Resource : Copper
Towards the end of December 2024 , diversified metals processor in Africa , Jubilee Metals – with operations in South Africa and Zambia – announced that there had been a noticeable increase in the number of hours of production lost at its Roan facilities in Zambia . These had been caused by unplanned power outages across the national grid , including blackouts on the national power grid . At the time , there was no way of knowing how long these outages would continue .
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