Coal Power Plant Luena, Province Haut-Lomami, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Project description:

Since the end of the ninetieth century the coal deposit Luena is known. Starting in the 1930ies, later in the 1970ies and 1980ies the deposit was extensively explored. Within a structure in the valley of Luena there are several independent basins of coal. It is estimated that about 70 million tons of coal are in place. Since beginning of the twentieth century coal was mined for the use as fuel for locomotives for the nearby railway. The usage of the coal for the future is to be burnt in a coal based power plant and the production of electrical energy. Within the tasks of a Bankable Feasibility Study for the power plant HPC was given the order to verify the old exploration data. Therefore it was necessary to check the data with several twin drills and analytics.

Reason:

development project, mine planning
power plant planning
Bankable Feasibility Study

Services:

drilling of about 20 holes
sampling, analytics
bore hole geophysics
assessment and evaluation of all existing and new data of the deposit
digitalisation of all data
development of a 3D-deposit-model
evaluation and assessment of the model
calculation of resources based on JORC
calculation of all useable and mineable reserves

Advantages:

exploration and modern 3D modelling of the deposit and assessment according JORC as basis for a Bankable Feasibility Study

Additional project data:

about 70 million tons of coal
calorific value: about 4500 kcal/kg
about 25% ash
about 1 % sulphur

At a glance:

Client:

CTL S.A.R.L.

Project value:

vertraulich

Project duration:

2014 – 2015

Images:

Kohle-Kraftwerk Luena in der Provinz Haut-Lomami, Demokratische Republik Kongo, mit rauchendem Schornstein.

Blick auf das Kohlekraftwerk Luena in der Provinz Haut-Lomami, Demokratische Republik Kongo.

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