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Review of scrap metal trade likely

Jan 22, 2012 News

 

Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali, has said that an assessment of Guyana’s scrap metal industry would be conducted this month-end to ascertain if there are enough safeguards to prevent vandalism-the reason cited for the trade being banned last April.
However, President Donald Ramotar would have to make the pronouncement on whether the trade would be reopened.
Ali stated that in the interim, newly appointed enforcers are monitoring the activities of scrap metal dealers to ensure that they comply with conditions outlined by former President Bharrat Jagdeo when he gave the industry a slight reprieve last November.
The dealers were only allowed to export the approximately 132 containers of cargo that were already on wharves and to containerize and export roughly 15,000 tons of metal that were lying in stock yards across the country.
Ali was unable to say how many containers have been exported, thus far, or how many tons of metal have been containerized for export.
He is confident that the safeguards being implemented are preventing unscrupulous actions in the current trade. Representatives of utility and manufacturing companies are part of the monitoring team to ensure unauthorized materials from their companies are not in stock yards to be exported.
Ali explained that the companies have to certify that materials in the stock yards to be containerized are not outside of what is acceptable. It is a timely process but necessary for ‘clean’ trade. These checks will be done routinely so as to ensure mechanisms being put in place are tight and strong.
These safeguards are being implemented in collaboration with the Guyana Metal Recyclers Association (GMRA).
The Minister asserted that Government and the association share a good relationship.
Ali added the association understands the seriousness of the trade and consequences of breaching any aspect of the trade. Government is pleased that the body has taken a stern stance and issued strong warnings because when “one individual messes up then the entire trade suffers.”

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