1st trimester 2008
- Accommodation compound of 2500 beds
- Major excavation in Vavouto and the massif for a total of 7 million m3
- Construction of the port
2nd trimester 2008
- Dredging of access fairway to port (4.5km, 9 million m3)
- Commissioning of structural steels
- Effective commencement of construction of port
- Construction of modules for the metallurgical plant (probably in Asia)
- Construction of fluidised bed boilers and steam turbines for the thermal plant
- Construction of mining infrastructure on the massif
- Construction of cement foundations
To be concluded in 2009
- The construction camp
- Fairway and wharf
To be carried out in 2009
- Construction of diesel combustion turbines on the Vavouto site
- Construction of mineral conveyor
- Construction of primary infrastructures for the Site Industriel Vavouto (SIV) and the Site Industriel Minier (SIM)
- Arrival by boat of industrial modules
To be carried out in 2010
- Foundation of modules for the metallurgical plant
- Survey of exploitation and metal cleaning
- Electrical and mechanical construction of the thermal plant
Supplying of the first metallurgical furnace: 2011
Production at full capacity: 2013
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