Bosai commissions long-awaited dust collector

Sep 29, 2012 News

Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Incorporated yesterday commissioned the Kiln 14 Dust Collector at the Company’s bauxite plant in Linden, amidst jeers and taunts, by protestors who directed their tirade at Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, who had travelled to the mining town for the occasion.

The Kiln 14 dust collector

Also on hand for the commissioning ceremony of the $80million facility were Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud; Chinese Ambassador Yu Wenzhe; and representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), among other special invitees.
Prime Minister Hinds in his brief remarks, which were almost drowned out by the hecklers who followed the entourage to the Watooka Club where a reception was held immediately following the commissioning, said the occasion brought back nostalgia for him of efforts in the past to alleviate the dust nuisance in the Mining Town.
Hinds noted, “today we have been able to bring the dust nuisance to an end” and commended Bosai for doing a job that the company had tried to do in the past but was unsuccessful.
Minister Persaud commended Bosai for working closely with the EPA, during the dust collector project, and also used the opportunity to express his optimism about the future of bauxite mining in Guyana.
Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon called the occasion a very important one, as he alluded to the number of respiratory ailments that affected residents in the past due to perpetual dust inhalation.