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PROJECT ALERTS
Conceptual
Infrastructure - Mine
Mozambique
Following a strong concept study , including preliminary metallurgical test work , tenders are being called by private sector owner Battery Minerals for a definitive feasibility study of Balama Central Graphite Mine , in Mozambique , with a value in excess of R100-million . The concept study highlighted the outstanding potential of the Balama Central Graphite project and has indicated inferred resources of 16.3-million tonnes grading 10.40 % total graphitic carbon ( TGC ) and 0.21 % vanadium pentoxide . Battery Minerals aims for the feasibility study to be complete by the middle of 2018 ; it had planned to start the environmental approvals process in the last quarter of 2017 . Battery Minerals intends to produce high-quality graphite for use in a full suite of applications , from battery anodes plants through to flame retardants , carbon steel additives , lubricants , graphite shapes , and refractories . The project comprises a Stage 1 production rate of 55 000tpa and Stage 2 rate of 110 000tpa . Combined with another project , Montepuez , and subject to continued positive economic , social , and technical investigations , Balama Central provides scope for self-funded growth from a ~ 50 000tpa production rate in 2019 to more than 200 000tpa in 2022 .
Project updates courtesy of Leads 2 Business .
Tender
Infrastructure - Power
Zimbabwe
A tender was issued in March 2018 for environmental consulting services for the proposed development of the Munyati repowering project in Zimbabwe , expected to provide 70MW of power to the country . This will go far to meet the daily power deficit in Zimbabwe of between 300MW and 400MW . The Zimbabwe Power Company ( ZPC ) is refurbishing small thermal power stations to add power to the national power grid . The project will be delivered through an EPC contractor , and ZPC has already appointed contractors for the three thermal stations , namely Harare , Bulawayo , and Munyati . The latter is a five-unit coal-fired power plant with a total capacity of 100MW , which was completed between 1953 and 1958 . As of 2016 , the plant is generating 23MW on average , and will have its electricity generation capacity restored to 100MW . Coal is railed from Hwange Colliery , about 618km away . The boilers are designed to burn ‘ washed peas ’ coal . Water is drawn from two sources : the Sebakwe River , through a 23km-long canal , and the Munyati Weir , through a 3km pipeline .
Tender
Infrastructure - Hydroelectrical
Zimbabwe
The Zambezi River Authority ( ZRA ) called for works tenders for the final leg of the spillway rehabilitation procurement process on the Kariba Dam project . The tender has been released to a shortlist of pre-qualified companies , which include China Gezhouba Group , CMC / ATB Kariba Joint Venture , and GE Hydro France . The procurement is expected to be completed in time for the works contract to be awarded by the last quarter of 2018 . The spillway rehabilitation is being funded by the World Bank , the African Development Bank , and the Government of Sweden . The Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project ( KDRP ) consists of two components : the reshaping of the plunge pool downstream of the dam wall , which commenced in 2017 , and the rehabilitation of the spillway .
The spillway consists of the six gates in the upper part of the concrete dam wall through which the ZRA releases water into the plunge pool to manage the reservoir water levels . The spillway rehabilitation comprises the refurbishment of the upstream stop-beam guides and the replacement of secondary concrete , as well as the design , fabrication , and installation of an emergency gate and a new gantry as an additional safety precaution . The works are expected to be completed by 2025 . The USD294-million KDRP is funded by the co-operating partners — the European Union , World Bank , African Development Bank , the Government of Sweden — and the ZRA on behalf of the governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe .