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Vision Industrial Park project, Namibia

8th March 2013

By: Sheila Barradas

Creamer Media Research Coordinator & Senior Deputy Editor

  

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Name and Location
Vision Industrial Park (VIP) project, Namibia.

Client
Gecko Namibia.

Project Description
The proposed 700 ha VIP project will be a dedicated industrial park in which all heavy industrial development will be accommodated. The VIP will include a 1.2-million-ton-a-year sulphuric acid plant; a 250 000 t/y soda ash plant and a 225 000 t/y bicarbonate plant; a 90 000 t/y caustic plant; a three-million-ton-a-year phosphoric plant; a six-million-cubic-metre-a-year thermal vapour compression desalination plant; and a port for the export and import of bulk commodities.

Value
N$12-billion.

Duration
Not stated.

Latest Developments
Gecko Namibia has finalised the terms of reference for the scoping study and will soon move to a full environmental-impact study for the first phase of the VIP.

The land has been secured and permission has been granted by the Namibian Cabinet for the project.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Gecko Namibia, tel +264 61 225826 or fax +264 61 225304.
 

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Magazine Managing Editor

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