The long-standing gap that blocked the project’s takeoff has been bridged and communication made easier

Cameroon Alumina Limited, a joint venture of Dubai Aluminium Company Ltd, India’s Hindalco Industries and US firm, Hydromine Inc., responsible for executing a giant bauxite mining project in Ngaoundal and Minim-Martap, Adamawa Region, have put their activities online to better communicate within and without the country. Its website, www. cameroonalumina.com was launched on Wednesday September 15, 2010. This was during a diner at the Yaounde Hilton Hotel presided at by the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Technological Development, Fuh Calistus Gentry and attended among others by board members of the consortium.

Like the stakeholders, Dr Fuh Calistus said information is crucial in a giant project like that of Ngaoundal and Minim-Martap. The launching ceremony preceded an audience with the Minister and close aids during which it was revealed that the project’s scope has been modified to integrate infrastructure like railway lines. Stakeholders say this is a significant advancement in the project and that they are only waiting on the mining licence to commence effective work.