230508001437 - Renewal of an Environmental Clearance Certificate for Namibia Gypsum Industries Pty Ltd in the town of Arandis, Erongo Region

NAMIBIA GYPSUM INDUSTRIES PTY LTD (NGI) - AN ARANDIS BASED GYPSUM BOARD MANUFACTURING FACTORY WAS GRANTED AN ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE (ECC) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF ITS MANUFACTURING FACILITY. THE ECC WAS GRANTED ON 12 JULY 2018 AND EXPIRED ON 18 JULY 2021. THE FACTORY INFRASTRUCTURE IS ABOUT 90% COMPLETE AND NGI WANTS TO HAVE ITS ECC RENEWED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE SO AS TO MOVE ON TO THE OPERATIONAL PHASE - THE MANUFACTURING OF GYPSUM BASED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS - CEILING BOARDS, PARTITIONING BOARDS, ETC. AS RAW MATERIALS, NGI IS SOURCING HIGH QUALITY GYPSUM ROCK WHICH IS MINED AND DELIVERED TO THE FACTORY BY A THIRD PARTY. AT THE FACTORY THE RAW GYPSUM IS CRUSHED, MILLED AND CALCINATED, MIXED AND TRANSFORMED INTO BOARDS . THE WHOLE RAW MATERIALS IS 100% BENEFICIATED WITHOUT ANY RESIDUES OR BY-RPODUCTS REMAINING. FURTHERMORE, THE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY IS LESS SOPHISTICATED WITH ALL THE REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOW-HOW AVAILABLE IN THE LOCAL MARKET. AT FULL PRODUCTION ABOUT 120 PEOPLE WILL BE EMPLOYED.