GovttoGiveChromeMinesandEnrichmentFactoriesbyConcession
AlbanianDailyNews,October14,2008,P4
TIRANA—ThegovernmenthasdecidedtogiveyconcessionthechromemineandtheenrichmentfactoryinKalimash,thechromemineinVlahna,andthecopperenrichmentfactoryinGolaj.
Accordingtolocalmedia,thegovernmenthaddecidedtogivetheseminesandfactoriesbyconcessionforEuro1forsquaremeter.Theconcessionswillbegiventhroughaninternationalopentenderingprocess.
Thecompanieswhichwanttotakepartinthetenderingprocessesmustbeexperiencedintheminingsector.TheAlbkromunitinKalimashincludesfiveundergroundsourcesandhasaproductivecapacityof150,000tonesperyear.
Alltheminesareconnectedthroughtunnelstothemaingallerywhichisitselfconnectedtotheenrichmentfactory.ThisunitincludesthechromesourcesofVlahnaandPerhollajwhicharelocatedintheareaofHas.
Foreigncompaniesstartedtheminingactivityduringthe1930sinKalimashsource,buttheproductionfromthisminestartedin1978.Theproductionofthisminewasstoppedin1999asaresultoffinancialdifficulties,lackofdemand,highcostsetc. |
