Thursday, July 7, 2011

Brazil: Votorantim Cement plant set


The public hearing for the application of Votorantim Cement to mine limestone and put up a cement factory in the State of Para’ has been set on September 2 at the municipal Gymnasium in Dr. Almir Gabriel, BP 446, 1 km, Cardosão neighborhood.


The Secretary of State for the Environment (SEMA) published the announced in the Official Gazette.


The state and federal prosecutors, federal, state and municipal public and private agencies, governmental and nongovernmental institutions, and the general public are invited by Sema to be present at the hearing.


It is the venue to inform the public of the potential environmental impacts project for the extraction of limestone and cement factory, to meet the legal provisions on public participation in environmental decisions, to enable discussion and debate on the environmental Impact Report (RIMA) and still support the technical opinion to be issued by the Sema, with purpose of environmental licensing.


The Report on Environmental Impact (RIMA), Project Spring / Votorantim, presented to the Sema for environmental licensing and obtaining Preliminary License (LP) provides a built area of ​​56 hectares for the cement factory and 331 ha for the limestone mine.


The method of operation will be to open-pit mining, with mechanical excavation. Estimates of annual production of 1,550,000 tons of raw ore and 1,200,000 tons of cement, with a mine life of 55 years. The start-up of the project is scheduled for the end of 2012.

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