Grande CÔte Operations africa
Reaching new scales While inevitable that each of these products will ebb and flow in regards to market demand over the course of the mine ’ s lifecycle , the flexibility of Grande Côte means that the range of products available from the operations will allow a rise in certain customer interest in one mineral to offset any shortcomings from another .
This is also testament to the sheer scale of the project , as Finnis explained . “ The project is of such a scale that using equipment that had been previously used elsewhere wasn ’ t an option . Everything we built was brand new and purpose designed .
“ It ’ s a brand new industry in Senegal but not in Africa necessarily . The processes we ’ re using are common and the same goes for the equipment . However , the scale is not common .
“ From a mining perspective , it ’ s twice as large as any single dredging operation in the world so it ’ s a very significant project .”
Ensuring that all construction and mining requirements were available onsite has been
Grande Côte Operations is the largest of its kind in the world
“ The project is of such a scale that using equipment that had been previously used elsewhere wasn ’ t an option . Everything we built was brand new and purpose designed ”
– Simon Finnis , CEO
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