When the First Bauxite Corporation starts full production in November at Sand Hills, in Region Three, it will do so with an annual production target of 320,000 tonnes of high grade bauxite, according to Director Ian Christie.
“When we hit full production and commission in November, from then we will target a production of 320,000 tonnes annually of high grade bauxite. It’s very, very pure… roughly 93% and that compares with other producers in the country that are in the 86% to 87% [range] and as far as we know it’s the purest in the world,” Christie told Sunday Stabroek last Wednesday, while pointing out that the company’s aim is to execute the project in a safe and timely manner while staying in line with their budget.
Christie explained that while the venture is still in the developmental stage, the company currently has some 247 persons on staff, comprising 152 contracted workers and 72 permanent workers, including 10 from the Sand Hills community, as well as eight expatriate workers and another 15 Sand Hills residents, employed on a “casual” basis, mainly in the forestry area.
