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Government and Advancement sign protocol that marks the beginning of the exploratory
Para may receive the first copper processing industry in the coming years. Yesterday the state government and the mining company Highland Gold Resources Limited signed a memorandum of understanding for technical and scientific cooperation aimed vertically integrated metal production in the state. The document provides for studies, projects and activities that will say whether it is possible to install an industrial plant that would produce the so-called "blister", an intermediate in the chain of metal. The Advancement studies installing a copper mine since 2008 and, with the provocation of the government, can complement the venture with the processing. Only the installation of the mine, the mining company must invest U.S. $ 150 million. The state government will not make financial contribution, just give technical guidance.
During lunch, the state government and Advancement announced the partnership with the state secretary of the environment, José necklaces. Responsible for about 80% of the copper mined in Brazil, Pará is the largest producer of copper concentrate, first product achieved after extracting mines, with a maximum 38% of fine copper. The production of Pará, however, ceases in the concentrate. "Almost 100% is exported. No nation has developed only exporting raw materials," muses the head of the Secretariat of State for Industry, Trade and Mining (SEICOM), David Leal, noting that the vertical integration of production, expanding economic chains with products benefited it is necessary to "remove the poverty population, increasing per capita income."
After five years of prospecting, designing Advancement two phases to the mines. The first, in Curionópolis, southeast Pará, lasted ten years from the commencement of operations. The installation starts in September this year and will begin operating within two years. The second phase is scheduled for 2016 or 2017, in Paraupebas with greater lifetime: 20 years. "The estimated annual revenue is $ 20 million per year," said the director of Advancement, Luiz Azevedo. In the first phase, will be extracted about 40 thousand tons of copper concentrate per year, and in the second phase, about 120 tons. The project is being licensed in the State Department of Environment (SEMA) and the National Department of Mineral Production (DNPM).
The proposal of the state government is that it becomes another link in the chain of metal. If realized, after extraction of copper concentrate, industrial plant, to be installed in or Paraupebas Maraba, become good in called blister. It is the intermediate product which gives rise to the anodes, which are then used in the production of "boards, wires and other products," listed as the holder of SEICOM. "For the production of fine copper, we need other ventures, such as Vale and Caraíba Mining, in order to accommodate the demand," added the director of Advancement. When deployed in the first phase of the mines, as with the production plant will be attained 12,000 tons of blister (thin copper) per year, and over 35 000 tonnes in the second phase. "We use 100% of the workforce and suppliers of Pará," he said Azevedo.
Despite the international economic crisis, which hit the chains minerals, Advancement believes in a negligible impact on copper production. "With the resumption of growth in the U.S., have greater demand," explained Luiz Azevedo. "In Brazil, each person owns about two pounds of copper, in Mexico, four pounds; Chile, 20 pounds. Rewarming With the economy, people buy more televisions, electric irons, water, everything you need copper, "designed the executive.
The protocol will be published in the Official Gazette of the State in ten days, and lasts 36 months, with an expected signing of other agreements to continue cooperation.
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