Africa-Press – Angola. The Mining Terminal in Porto do Lobito, Benguela province, has been connected to electricity from the public network since Wednesday, following the entry into operation of a Transformation Station (PT).
The representative of the National Energy Distribution Company, António Caranga, who was invited to inaugurate the equipment, said that this is the seventh PT on different ENDE lines, totaling seven thousand, 450 kva, approximately 6.0 megawatts.
“The Port of Lobito is a very important partner for ENDE because a lot of money will also be made with this investment”, said the engineer.
António Caranga also added that, following this investment, many businessmen will come to invest in the province and consequently will create many jobs.
In turn, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Port of Lobito, Celso Rosas, informed that it was necessary to disburse one hundred and eighteen million, 40 thousand, 670 kwanzas and 30 cents to fulfill this aim.
He explained that the terminal was built as part of the port company’s rehabilitation and expansion works, from 2008 to 2012, and, since then, it had never been operated.
“There was no connection to the public grid, there were only alternative sources, namely generator sets”, he added.
Celso Rosas underlined that the Mineral Terminal will now have a concessionaire who will operate it and sell services, noting that the cost of energy contributes to the final price of the same and the Port’s billing is indexed to the US dollar.
He also made it known that the water connection to the terminal was also inaugurated, whose investment was 25 million, 350 thousand, 920 kwanzas and 60 cents.
Among other entities, representatives of the Consortium made up of Trafigura Spe, Vecturis and Mota Engil, which will operate the Mining Terminal, were present.
That port infrastructure has a berth of 310 meters, a draft of 15.3 meters and an embankment of 180 thousand square meters.
Its operational capacity is three million and 600 thousand TEUs per year.
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