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LNG-fueled generating units will serve Orezone’s gold-mining operations at home (Photo: Orezone)
Under the PPA, Orezone said, Genser will oper- communities.
ate, own and secure all necessary permits for the Patrick Downey, the president and CEO
power plant. of Orezone, pointed out that the use of LNG-
It will also be responsible for the design, fuelled power would help reduce Burkina Faso’s
financing and installation of all the equipment carbon emissions.
and infrastructure facilities needed to support “We are extremely excited to be the first mine
the plant’s operations, including LNG and diesel in Burkina Faso to use a LNG and solar hybrid
storage depots. power supply,” Downey commented. “Besides
Bachir Ismael Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso’s being an excellent cost-effective choice for
Minister of Mines and Energy, hailed the signing Bomboré, we also see this new power solution
of the PPA and described LNG as a clean-burn- as being a very positive step for the Burkina Faso
ing fuel. “Having the first LNG plant at a mining mining and electricity generating sectors. LNG
operation is a great step forward for the industry, power systems, coupled with solar, will enable
and we congratulate Orezone in this regard,” he energy-intensive industries such as mining to
said. “As a government, we continue to support reduce fuel consumption, decrease energy costs,
clean energy alternatives that provide a plat- and significantly cut greenhouse gas [GHG]
form for sustainable growth and benefits our emissions.” ™

Dangote plant kicks off urea production

NIGERIA NIGERIA’S Dangote Group this week
announced that it had begun commercial pro-
duction of urea, as it moves to liberalise the fer-
tiliser market.
Speaking during a tour of the company’s
facilities near Lagos over the weekend, President
Aliko Dangote said that the urea plant, which
will have a capacity of 3mn tonnes per year
(tpy) in its first phase, is the largest project in the
global fertiliser sector.
A ceremony to mark the beginning of pro-
duction was attended by Godwin Emefiele,
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),
and other bankers.
Phase 1 came in at a total cost of $2.5bn and is
located near the 650,000 barrel per day (bpd) oil
refinery Dangote is building at a cost of nearly The first phase of the fertiliser plant will cost $2.5bn (Image: Diamond Group)
$20bn.
The Dangote Fertiliser complex consists of Dangote said: “The 3mn tonnes of urea is
two 2,200 tonne per day ammonia plants using certified, licensed by all regulatory authorities
Halder Topsoe technology, two 4,000 tpd melt in Nigeria. We have gotten all licences from
urea plants using Snamprogetti technology and the National Security Adviser, the Ministry of
two 4,000 tpd urea granulation plants using Agriculture, Standard Organisation of Nigeria
Uhde Technology. (SON), NAFDAC and all other authorities.”

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