Summary
Water supply for the operations will be provided by pipeline from the
Mangoro River and supplemented with storm water runoff collected from
the mine site. On-site diesel generators will supply power. During
operations, re-vegetation of disturbed surfaces will be started as ore is
removed and areas are released from mining activity.
The development of the mine site will involve removing some land from
agricultural use. Compensation for this land will be planned and
implemented according to International Finance Corporation (IFC)
guidelines, in full consultation with the land users. At the present time,
two households in the mine footprint area are planned to be re-settled. A
Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) is being developed in parallel with
this EA.
Construction can only start after EA review, permitting, additional
engineering design and a formal development decision has been made.
Construction will continue for about three years. There would be a large
construction labour force, hired to the greatest practical extent from the
Malagasy population. Details of training initiatives are given below. The
total workforce would average 1,420 during construction, of which 540
are predicted to be locals. The operations phase workforce is expected
to be about 390 over the mine life, of which 360 are predicted to be
Malagasy.
The mine area
January 2006
Ambatovy Project — 10
