China interested in the port and industrial complex of Kribi The Chinese Vice Minister of Transport Gao Hongfeng went last Saturday identify areas in which his country may invest. A number of projects to support will grow over the coming years around the deepwater port of Kribi. In addition to the hub port on which work started last December by the excavation, a large complex industry will emerge on the same site. Businesses Cam Iron, Sundance Limited intend to install a terminal Lolabé ore for export around 35 million tonnes of ore per year from ships that can carry 300,000 tons. Which requires a draft of 24 meters to allow ships of such a volume can dock. From the site of Mboro, may be exported alumina, aluminum, liquefied natural gas, oil and general merchandise. It was announced by the commissioning in 2016 of an alumina plant with a capacity of 400,000 tonnes of metal per year initially. Production likely to evolve over the years.
The Cameroon Society of petroleum deposits (PICS) and a foreign partner also aspire to develop on the same site of oil storage facilities with an annual capacity of 3 million tons. From deposits of bauxite and Mini Ngaoundal Martap, Cameroon Alumina account for its share of developing storage and transfer of aluminum. In the same vein, a gas liquefaction plant on the initiative of the National Hydrocarbons Corporation (SNH) and GDF Suez will also grow soil Mboro with a capacity of 3 to 4 million tonnes of natural gas per year. Announced the construction of multipurpose and specialized devices called facilitate the processing of 400,000 containers per year for the handling of cargo and under agreement. At the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Planning, is reported an influx of applications from operators and investors in the sectors of cement and steel.
