{"id":1793,"date":"2019-01-03T14:46:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T14:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2019-01-07T14:52:52","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T14:52:52","slug":"bauxite-refinery-to-be-established-at-yabiw-shama-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/03\/bauxite-refinery-to-be-established-at-yabiw-shama-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Bauxite refinery to be established at Yabiw- Shama MP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Government\u2019s drive towards value addition to our raw material \nproduction is gathering some momentum, as bauxite mined in the country \nare going to be refined before exporting. With the initiative for \nbauxite mining, government is determined to establish two refineries in \nthe country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A consideration is being taken to establish one of these refineries \nat Yabiw of the Shama District, to refine rich bauxite from Awawaso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Member of Parliament for Shama, AtoPanford told Skyy News\u2019 Abraham \nMensah at the sidelines of an annual general conference of the NPP \nChapter of the Shama Constituency indicated that the refinery shall be \nsited in the Yabiw free zones enclave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBauxite mine from Awaso comes to Takoradi port and then mostly it \nused to be by rail, the rail went down and then they were using road\u2026 \nthe trucks were hauling from Awaso through our constituency to the port.\n In fact the paradigm have to change and the president have taken that \nbold steps that we are going to set up refinery. Now we should look at \nthe dynamic positioning of Shama and the industrial enclave that we \nhave, it gives us better leverage for us to have the refinery here. \nConversation are going on there is every clear indication Shama is going\n to get this refinery\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hon. Panford contends that the Yabiw Free Zones enclave is an \nadvantageous location due to its closeness to the port, power supply and\n land. He is optimistic the establishment of the refinery will create \njobs for the unemployed youth in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere will be about two of them, and if you look at the technology  in refinery you will need sea water or sea salt, we are close to it. Now  this waste to energy plant that is coming to Yabiw, also gives us  leverage to produce power- about 33 MW of power to also feed into  bauxite refinery plant directly. It requires a lot of power and then we  are going to use the waste generate being generated within western  region\u201d, he clarified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyypowerfm.com\/bauxite-refinery-to-be-established-at-yabiw-shama-mp\/\">skyypowerfm.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Government\u2019s drive towards value addition to our raw material production is gathering some momentum, as bauxite mined in the country are going to be refined <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/03\/bauxite-refinery-to-be-established-at-yabiw-shama-mp\/\" title=\"Bauxite refinery to be established at Yabiw- Shama MP\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25],"tags":[382],"class_list":["post-1793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-western-region","tag-mining"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - 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