Project description
and objectives:
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EBRD is considering to provide a loan of US$ 75 million alongside a similar
loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to finance the initial
development of the Komi Aluminium Project sponsored by Russian aluminium
company, SUAL Group, which may ultimately comprise a bauxite mine, an alumina
refinery and an aluminium smelter in the Komi Republic, Russian Federation.
This
initial development to be financed by the EBRD will comprise:
(a) the
expansion of the Middle-Timan bauxite mine up to a capacity of 6 million
tonnes per annum; and
(b) appraisal studies for the Komi Aluminium
Project as well as early infrastructure works in relation to the alumina
refinery which may be constructed near Sosnogorsk, Komi Republic.
The environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) presently disclosed
assesses the impact of:
(a) the ultimate expansion plan for the
Middle-Timan bauxite mine to 6 million tonnes per annum as well as
(b)
the early infrastructure works at the possible future refinery at Sosnogorsk.
This
ESIA complements an environmental assessment of a limited mine expansion to
2.5 million tonnes per annum that was originally disclosed on 22 December
2003. The ESIA also comprises a public consultation and disclosure plan.
The ESIA for the ultimate mine expansion identifies two probable
high-significance impacts on groundwater abstraction and fish diversity and
population in a nearby river due to the need to dewater certain open pits and
discharge the resulting volumes of water, starting in year 5 of the mine
expansion (circa. 2011) and resulting in high volumes from year 9 (circa.
2015). The exact impact of dewatering remains to be assessed in detail and
mitigation measures designed to the satisfaction of the Russian authorities
and the EBRD in order to limit environmental impacts to acceptable levels. An
appropriate and meaningful consultation will be held on this issue. The EBRD’s
loan tranche intended to finance the mine expansion would not be disbursed
until such water management plan has been designed and disclosed to the public
to the EBRD’s satisfaction, which is anticipated to occur towards year end
2004.
The Project’s main objective is to support the development of state-of-the-art
and competitive production capacity while ensuring that a best practice
approach is implemented by SUAL Group in terms of environmental management and
corporate governance.
There is a project summary document available for this project.
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Full EIA availability:
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Full EIA documentation is available locally at:
Mine:
Ms. Maria Kotova, Ecologist, Middle-Timan Bauxite Mine
Office:
Prospekt Lenina 26 b, Ukhta, 169300, Tel. +7 82147 13204
Ukhta: Mr. Petr Novoselchenko, Deputy General Director of ZAO Komi
Aluminium
Office: Prospekt Lenina 26 b, Ukhta, 169300, Tel. +7 82147
67342
or
Ms. Svetlana Strekalova, Library of Domestic Reading,
Visitor’s Center
Office: Ul. Mira, 5, Ukhta, 169300, Tel. +7
82147 33546
Syktyvkar: Ms. Tatiana Evdokimova, Institute of Biology, Komi
Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
Office: Ul.
Kommunisticheskaya, 28, Syktyvkar, 167982, Tel. +7 8212 241247
Emva: Ms. Natalia Kravchuk, City of Emva Administration, Visitor’s
Center
Office: Ul. Dzerzhinskogo, 81, Emva, 169200, Tel. +7 82139 21033
or
Mr.
Anatoly Shevelev, Head of Knyazhpogost District Environmental Protection
Committee
Office: Ul. Dzerzhinskogo, 110, Emva, 169200, Tel. +7 82139
24977
Sosnogorsk: Elena Melekhina, Sosnogorsk District Administration,
Visitor’s Center
Office: Ul. Zoi Kosmodemyankoi, 17, Sosnogorsk,
169500, Tel. +7 82149 54907
And
EBRD Moscow Resident Office, 36., ul. Bolshaya Molchanovka, Stroenie 1, 121069
Moscow
Contact: Alexander Filkine, Tel. +7 095 787 1111
And
SUAL’s web site (in English
and in Russian)
And
EBRD’s Business Information Centre
in London
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