Guinea: Nordgold to build new plant at Lefa mine


Issue 414 - 01 May 2020 | 1 minute read

Russia’s Nordgold Group has signed an engineering, procurement and construction agreement with China’s Sumec Group Corporation to design and construct a 33MW HFO power plant at its Lefa gold mine. The new power plant, which will replace an existing facility, will reduce fuel consumption for electricity production by 15% and engine oil consumption by 30%, resulting in a 17,000 t/yr reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, Nordgold announced on 20 April.

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