It is nice to see that the CVG and Minamb can actually work together. Another surprising note they are using a Swiss company....heaven forbid they use a transnational whats this country coming to.

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Ferrominera Ministry of Environment and Sanitation pulled Laguna Acapulco
Written by Editor
Thursday, 05 February 2009
Representatives Ferrominera Orinoco CVG and the Ministry of Environment (Minamb), a table technique to analyze and assess the extent of the environmental policy of the mining company, taking action to ensure the operations within the legal framework governing the subject.
Pedro Martínez, General Manager Engineering and Projects Ferrominera, explained that the technical-table-permanent focuses on eradicating the current and future environmental liabilities associated with the company, starting with the consolidation of Laguna Acapulco, which install a plant in the area for the benefit of mineral deposited therein.

Francisco Marín, head of projects Ferrominera, for his part said that "the gap between 8 and 10 million tons of material ferrífero and one of the main activities for the implementation of environmental sanitation is the removal of iron and its subsequent benefit in a concentration plant to be built for such purposes, the concentrated material will be consumed by the domestic market, our main plant Pellas. The rate of annual production is 1 million 50 thousand tons to 750 thousand tons of concentrate. "

It also stressed that "the project will proceed with the Swiss company Duferco, which will provide the needed funding for equipment. While Modulax of Brazilian origin, will provide the technological support and experience in their whole operation of such plants. "

Rodolfo Gonzalez, director of the state Minamb said to be pleased by the relationship established with Ferrominera. "We announce to the entire Bolivar state that we are facing a more humane environment, making it emblematic start this work with a company with so much tradition in Venezuela, which has understood the importance of linking their production process with the environmental provisions," he said.

"In less than a week, we completed two work fronts, this being an example of the synergy essential for advancing the goals proposed by CVG Ferrominera and other institutions that will integrate with the aim of ensuring the environmental improvement of Guiana" . As for the sanitation project in Laguna Acapulco, Gonzalez explained that the next meetings will discuss the basis and the same technical specifications as well as the respective funding.

It should be noted that the technical officers attending a multidisciplinary committee of the iron industry, comprising senior staff and the General Management of Engineering and Projects, Personnel, Operations and Administration and Finance. This shows that since the administrative and operational Ferrominera Orinoco CVG is fully committed to compliance with the existing laws on environmental conservation, added Pedro Martínez. (Press Ferrominera Orinoco CVG)