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 the client has given HPC the order to develop a mine plan for the coal extraction from different basins as fuel for the power plant.

Reason:

development project
mine planning
Bankable Feasibility Study

Services:

technologic planning of the mining activities including recommendations for appropriate mining equipment
geotechnical calculations
calculations of the slopes
dewatering
geohydraulic calculations
calculation of the tailings
infrastructure planning
preliminary planning and permitting according national and international regulations

Advantages:

3D-Modelling of the coal extraction considering all relevant framework conditions as basis for a Bankable Feasibility Study

Additional project data:

about 70 million t coal
calorific value: ca. 4500 kcal/kg
about 25% ash
about 1 % sulphur
about 1 million t coal extraction per year

At a glance:

Client:

CTL S.A.R.L.

Project value:

confidential

Project duration:

2014 – 2015

Images:

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

Blick auf das Kohlekraftwerk Luena, umgeben von der Landschaft der Provinz Haut-Lomami, DR Kongo.

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