News: Marenica Energy Company Update , page-18

Re:Water issues

On April 16th 2010, AREVA has inaugurated the first seawater desalination plant ever built in Southern Africa, near the Trekkopje mine.The excess production will be distributed to the local population and other mines in the future.

http://www.areva.com/EN/operations-595/areva-resources-namibia-training-and-mining-projects.html?xtmc=desalination%20namibia&xtcr=2

Re:Power issues

Plant Near Namibia�s Uranium Mines
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By Chamwe Kaira - Jul 2, 2011 12:00 AM GMT+1000

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Namibia Power Corp., the state-run utility, will build a diesel-fired plant at Walvis Bay, near the country�s uranium mines, John Kaimu, the company�s spokesman, said.

The plant will probably cost 375 million Namibian dollars ($55 million) and generate 22.5 megawatts of electricity, Kaimu said in an e-mailed response to questions today.

NamPower, based in Windhoek, the capital, is looking for a new site for a proposed 800 megawatt coal-fired plant after Walvis Bay, situated on the country�s coastline, rejected plans to build it near the city.

Namibia is Africa�s second-biggest producer of uranium. NamPower is investing 9 billion Namibian dollars over five years to expand electricity-generation capacity, according to the company. It currently imports about half of the power its uses.

To contact the reporter on this story: Chamwe Kaira in Windhoek at [email protected]

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Antony Sguazzin at [email protected]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-01/nampower-to-build-diesel-fired-power-plant-near-namibia-s-uranium-mines.html