The construction site of NFC, one of our enterprises in Zambia, for the tailing pond of the Southeast Mining Ore Body reported a success on the local time of September 19, 2017, as the dam body for Phase I of its tailing pond was reclaimed to the crest successfully, completed the planned node schedule 40 days in advance.
The tailing pond of the Southeast Mining Ore Body is a third-class one, with effective storage capacity of 33 million m3, and the dam body is designated to be a homogeneous compact clay dam, and would be constructed in two phases, among which the height of the dam body in Phase I is 26m, with dam axis of 773m in length, and the reclamation volume of the dam body is about 560,000m3, and the drainage system adopts the well-casing type drainage system together with spillways for joint drainage, with a total investment of about USD 10 million for Phase I.
This project was commenced on April 28, 2017, and focused on the engineering network construction plan closely during the construction, and organized and implement the project carefully and scientifically in strict accordance with the requirements of the design drawings and specifications. First, NFC strengthened the preparations before the construction, took the initiative for the resettlement compensation to the local households around the area of tailing pond in Zambia; at the meantime, NFC built a new 5km road and donated infrastructure materials to the local in order to benefit the life of local residents, which embodied a mutually beneficial win-win, and obtained the support from the local government and residents; second, CCECC Zambia Company contracted to build due to bin winning intensified its efforts in the investment of construction manpower, organized nearly 500 working staff, and input 132 sets of all kinds of mechanical equipment; third, prepared and optimized the construction scheme, and adopted a series of construction measures like the building of construction access roads, the reclamation of cofferdam for shutoff, the excavation of diversion canals, etc.; fourth, carried out the labor emulation actively, awarded the Chinese and Zambian employees who worked very hard and had outstanding performance, which enhanced the enthusiasm of the construction workers, and formed a better environment of making an all-out effort, and ensured the smooth realization of the duration and objectives.
At the same time, NFC strengthened the construction supervision in conjunction with CNMC Xincheng Construction Supervision and Consulting Co., Ltd, took serious measures to engineering safety, quality, progress and investment management, implemented the system of responsibility in safe production seriously, and strictly controlled engineering quality of the project. The administrative staff in charge of the construction site shall get deep into the construction site, master the dynamic construction situation in a timely manner, coordinate and solve the existing problems in the construction, promote the smooth operation of the project, complete the reclamation task of the dam body 40 days ahead of the original schedule, and finish the reclamation of the dam body prior to the arrival of rainy seasons, which provided guarantee for the successful completion of the entire project. At present, CCECC is speeding up the subsequent engineering construction of the tailing pond, and it is expected to complete the Phase I project of the tailing pond completely by the end of November 2017, which laid a solid foundation for putting the NFC Southeast Mining Ore Body into operation in the third quarter of 2018.
