Suriname company opens mining supplies business

Natural Resources Minister Robert Persaud (left) and HFD investor Jarel Dawson during yesterday’s opening ceremony

Miners are to benefit from what has been described as new environmentally friendly mining equipment and other goods and services with the establishment of HFD Mining Supplies on Oronoque and Forshaw streets.

HFD is a subsidiary of another Surinamese company which, according to Jarel Dawson has been operating for approximately 20 years. Dawson, one of HFD’s investors, says that yesterday’s opening ceremony culminated two years of vision and ambition. Some of the challenges, he said, included finding the right location from which to operate considering the storage volume, parking space and general environment needed.

The Suriname-based company, he said, has been exporting high-tech mining gear to Guyana for several years and has