…to provide employment opportunities for Lindeners

BOSAI Minerals Group Guyana (BMGG), has commenced preparatory work for the installation of a new #15 kiln and a #16 rotary drier, which will see approximately 150 to 200 Lindeners being employed. A senior officer at the company related that preparatory works, which include the construction of the foundation for the kiln and the piling of the necessary material needed for the project, is ongoing. The officer related that the entire project is expected to be completed within two years and employment will jump to maximum 800. Bosai now has 600 employees.

Earlier in the year General Manager of BMGG, Eric Yu, indicated to Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, that the #16 drier will also have auxiliary facilities. BMGG decided to invest in the assets because of satisfactory increase in demand for bauxite and the need to meet these demands in a timely manner, since the old kiln #13, often requires heavy maintenance.

The new kilns are expected to push calcined bauxite production and chemical bauxite production, for export purposes. The kiln #15 is an investment of about $US 20 M and will produce 170, 000 metre–tonne–second (mts) of refractory ‘A’ Grade Super Calcine Bauxite (RASC), per year. The #16 drier and its auxiliary facilities is expected to cost the company $US 3M and will produce 150, 000 mts of Sized Chemical Grade Bauxite (scgb), per year. “With these major expansions, additional long term employment will be provided for the residents of the community and our Guyanese nation,” Yu had said.

This is not deemed a risky investment, even as the oil and gas industry seems to be taking the spotlight, because in 2016, a survey showed, that bauxite mining had the lifespan of at least 100 more years. Tests were carried out in the reserves of Region Ten, which showed that there are 200 million tonnes of bauxite located at block 37, 18 million tonnes at Bamia, 40 million tonnes at East Montgomery and an unproven amount at Tiger Jump. With the current production of less than one million tonnes per year, the calculation with the above-mentioned tonnes in the reserves, makes a remaining 100 years of mining accurate.
The company will also be installing a dust collector on the new kiln #15, in an effort to safeguard the environment from pollutants. In 2011, the company invested $U.S 8 million on dust collectors for two kilns, which resulted in a significant decrease in the permeation of dust into the atmosphere.

In 2018, Bosai raked in $US 3B with productions of the various bauxites reaching over 100, 000 tonnes. Some of its main markets were in Europe and North America. BMGG, is one of the main bauxite providers in the world.
Photo saved in graphics as Bosai to be captioned Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, and a South African delegation led by Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources of South Africa, Godfrey Oliphant were given a tour of the Montgomery Mines in Linden