Mining projects in Madagascar (2005-2009)
Colas Madagascar has performed a series of major infrastructure projects with environmental standards for ilmenite and nickel mines in Fort-Dauphin (QMM), Ambatovy and Toamasina (Sherritt): Earthworks, civil engineering, roadways, industrial facilities.
KEY FIGURES
QMM project in Fort-Dauphin
- 2,000,000 m3 of earthworks
- 1,000,000 m3 of quarry development
- 350,000 m3 of subgrade foundation materials
- 150,000 m3 of riprap
- More than 700 people (1,300 in peak phase)
Sherritt project
Ambatovy site (extraction)
- 2,000,000 m3 of cut
- 2,000,000 m3 of fill
Toamasina site (treatment plant)
- 1,200,000 m3 of earthworks
- 100 km of piles
- 350,000 m3 of concrete
- 30,000 tons of steel
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Building infrastructure for the ilmenite sand mining site in Fort Dauphin
Mining site in Ambatovy
Mining site in Ambatovy
Oversized load - transporting one of the five autoclaves to the Sherritt site
Mining site in Ambatovy
Toamasina, a civil engineering project - building the nickel treatment plant at the Sherritt site
Mining site in Ambatovy
Map of Madagascar - Fort Dauphin