The Phase-2 of the US$1.3bn Lesotho Highland Water Project will begin in April 2014 with the construction of the 155-metre high Polihali Dam and several tunnels
Manufacturing
World Bank to provide US$73mn to expand Inga-3 dam in DR Congo
The World Bank has approved a US$73mn grant to support the expansion of the Inga hydroelectric dam in DR Congo
P&G opens US$300 million manufacturing plant in Nigeria
Procter and Gamble Nigeria (P&G) has completed the construction of a manufacturing plant worth US$300mn in Agbara industrial estate, Ogun State in western Nigeria
NWPC to renovate Kenya’s Chemususu dam
The National Water and Pipeline Corporation (NWPC) will renovate the Chemususu dam located at Kenya’s Koibatek county for US$570,000
West African Resources buys second-hand heap leach plant for gold production
West African Resources has purchased a second-hand heap leach plant in Burkina Faso, to produce gold from the Bousla Projects Mankarga-5 gold deposit