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Columbus1494on May 18, 2010 11:16am
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RE: RE: Return visit: Pohamba Medvedev meet in Mos
RE: RE: Return visit: Pohamba Medvedev meet in MosWe will soon hear more news from the scheduled meeting between the presidents of Russia and Namibia.
Its interesting that they again mention plans to build a railway.
Remember this article that stated that Sintez planned to build a railway that would require 400MW of electricity/year.
The electricity could be produced by a gas-electric turbine.
https://www.az.com.na/wirtschaft/groprojekt-im-visier.77207.php
From 28.11.2008
Major project in Sight
Billions of train connection between Botswana and Namibia in conversation
Sintez, the Russian company plans to build a double track electric railway between Botswana and Namibia and has received nods of approval from Foreign Minister Hausiku for a feasibility study. Must now accept the proposal or Botswana.
Swakopmund - The third meeting of the Namibian-Russian commission for economic and trade cooperation in Swakopmund, the Russian group the Namibian Foreign Minister Marco Sintez yesterday Hausiku made a huge transport project. The company wants to Botswana and Namibia, combined with a heavy duty double-track electric railway. With the daily transport on rails to be 250 000 tons of coal in Botswana Moropule brought to Lüderitz. The first predicted that the project will cost about 6.2 billion U.S. dollars, but then also need 400 MW of electricity per year. "This is as much as the whole of Namibia consumed per year," said Fritz Jeske of the engineering firm Bicon Namibia at the request of AZ. The Allgemeine Zeitung had the opportunity to follow this presentation, although this took place in camera. Jeske was after the show ready to stand on the concept and answer questions. ' movement,=' said Jeske. Every half hour, would then leave a train.
The construction of an electric railway in Namibia is an idea to which would first require consent of both countries, "only then will we begin the feasibility study," said Jeske.
Foreign Minister Hausiku remarked after the performance that this is a unique, but also constitutes a very expensive project, he gave an affirmative nod, but with permission for further research.
Should the project be implemented, is a further 1.1 billion dollars per year on energy and maintenance costs, and personnel of the question. Translated, it means that the coal for $ 16 per ton must be sold, calculated from Jeske, ' present.='
Furthermore, informed the Bicon expert, that in the concept of the port in Walvis Bay has been ignored because it can not absorb as a container port this gigantic coal freight could. They have therefore chosen as the alternative Lüderitz, but also attracted Richards Bay in South Africa as a way considered. Jeske concluded by stressing once again that it was gone at the presentation of the transportation project in the first place to the approval of a feasibility study, the finances were now assured, however, already Sintez. The question regarding the immense power load had been answered at the meeting of the Russian economy minister. Russia had prepared a power survey and presented it to the Secretary of State at the end of the session. Also, this is once again thinking about building a nuclear power plant in Namibia.
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