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Liberia: Arcelor Mittal Brings Modern Equipment
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The Inquirer (Monrovia)
10 March 2008
Posted to the web 10 March 2008
Morrison O.G. Sayon
Bassa
ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel producing company has begun its operations in parts of Grand Bassa and Nimba Counties respectively.
The company has begun the reconstruction of the damaged rail road and the replacement of damaged facilities that were left behind by the Liberia Agriculture Mining Company (LAMCO) in Buchanan City and Yekepa in the northern county of Nimba.
The multi-million dollar steel company has also brought in some modern equipment to speed up its operations on the rail road that links Buchanan City and Yekepa in Nimba County. Some of the equipment recently brought in by Arcelormittal include two hard rail dual used Hilux pick-up-trucks that are being used to balance the train track after it has been laid out. In its dual capacity, the hard rail pick-up-truck is also being used to transport workers to their various destinations after working on the train track.
Speaking to a team of journalists who visited the operational site of ArcelorMittal in Buchanan City and other parts of Grand Bassa County over the weekend, the project coordinator of ArcelorMittal, Mr. Robert Ferguson said the two hard rail dual used pick-up trucks recently brought in by the company would be used to balance the new track after it has been laid.
Mr. Ferguson disclosed that as of the 31st of this month his company would bring in several other equipments to be used for the rebuilding of the damaged rail road which links Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County and Yekepa in Nimba County respectively.
On the employment of locals, Mr. Ferguson noted that ArcelorMittal will not only employ citizens of Grand Bassa and Nimba counties but will also hire those who are qualified. He said if ArcelorMittal finds mines in other countries, some Liberians who are employed with company will be transferred to those countries to continue their work with the company.
He said ArcelorMittal has already begun the process of recruiting rail road workers while at the same time, the company is expected to put up advertisements for the recruitment and immediate employment of qualified individuals who are specialized in the rail road area.
Earlier, the senior supervisor of Odebrecht Construction, Inc. Mr. Vlado Jurcic, who took the team of journalists on a guided tour of several operational sites of ArcelorMittal in Grand Bassa County said ArcelorMittal is presently rehabilitating a 260km access road from Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County to Yekepa in Nimba County.
Mr. Jurcic also said the company is rehabilitating the damaged rail road from the port of Buchanan to Yekepa, Nimba County. He said apart from the two hard rail dual modern pick-up trucks brought in by Arcelormittal, the company is expected to bring in additional twelve of such vehicles and other modern equipment for the intensification of its operations in Liberia.
He said the 260km Buchanan/Yekepa road that is presently being rehabilitated by Arcelormittal, 72km of it would be completely paved by the company beginning from Ganta to Yekepa as promised by Mr. Arcelor Mittal, while the rest of the road from Grand Bassa to Ganta would be continually maintained by the company since the road will be used as an access route for the company.
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According to Mr. Jurcic, in order to speed up its operations in the country, Arcelormittal has awarded contracts to several Liberian firms including Westwood, SSF Corporation, Gray Construction Company and the Genesis Corporation. He said some of the old facilities left behind by LAMCO would be broken down and replaced with modern ones for the smooth operations of the company.
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