Fluor Corporation confirmed on Monday, November 19, that Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) achieved first ore at its Bauxite Production Expansion Project in Kamsar. The project reportedly achieved the first ore safely, on budget, and on schedule.
Fluor is a global engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, and maintenance firm headquartered in Irving, Texas, and presently, providing its services to the bauxite production expansion project of CBG.
CBG, on the other hand, is a Guinean mining company that has been operating the large bauxite deposit at Sangarédi in the Boké region of Guinea. It is a jointly owned company by the Government of Guinea and the Halco Mining consortium, which includes Alcoa, Rio Tinto and Dadco Investments.
“From developing the local craft workforce to strengthening the economy, this project will have a lasting positive impact on the Kamsar community,” said Tony Morgan, president of Fluor’s Mining & Metals business. “Achieving this milestone safely, on budget and on schedule is a testament to the dedication and perseverance of the joint CBG and Fluor team.”
The project, on completion, will expand an annual bauxite production at the mine from the current 13.5 million tonnes to 18.5 million tonnes and fluor is responsible for its infrastructure, rail system, port facility, and processing plant infrastructure and utilities.
There were more than 1,500 craft workers on site at peak construction. The project team focused on hiring a local workforce, which brought the Guinean workers to near 75 per cent of the workforce at site. To align the workforce on safe work practices and create a safe work culture at the site, Fluor developed a specialized safety program. The project worked more than 4 million hours without a lost-time incident.
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