Kahama Refinery Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Update

Tembo Nickel Corporation Limited is a local private mining company formed after the signing of the joint-venture Framework Agreement between the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and Kabanga Nickel Limited for the development of the proposed Kahama Refinery (hereinafter referred to as the proposed Project). The proposed Project is located in the northwest of the United Republic of Tanzania in the Kahama District, on the southeastern part of the Kahama Municipal Council in the Shinyanga Region, approximately 4 km east of the town of Kahama.

In broad terms, the Kahama refinery operations will involve a hydrometallurgical processing facility, known as the Kahama Refinery, for refining nickel, copper, and cobalt. Nickel sulphide ore concentrate will be trucked 340 km from the concentrator plant located at the proposed Kabanga Mine via the B3 road to the Kahama Refinery. Refined metal products from the Kahama Refinery will be transported by truck to the Isaka dry port, which is approximately 40 km east of the Kahama Refinery, and then transported by an existing rail system to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s principal city and largest seaport. Dar es Salaam has the necessary port facilities to import equipment and materials for the proposed Project and to ship the final products for export.

Tembo Nickel Corporation Limited ni kampuni ya kibinafsi ya uchimbaji madini iliyoundwa baada ya kutiwa saini kwa Mkataba wa Mfumo wa ubia kati ya Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania na Kabanga Nickel Limited kwa ajili ya maendeleo ya Kiwanda cha kusafisha madini cha Kahama (hapa kinajulikana kama Mradi uliopendekezwa). Mradi uliopendekezwa uko kaskazini magharibi mwa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania katika Wilaya ya Kahama, upande wa kusini mashariki mwa Halmashauri ya Manispaa ya Kahama katika Mkoa wa Shinyanga, takriban kilomita 4 mashariki mwa mji wa Kahama.

Kwa upana, shughuli za kiwanda cha kusafisha Kahama zitahusisha kituo cha usindikaji wa hydrometallurgiska, kinachojulikana kama Kiwanda cha Kusafisha Kahama, kwa kusafisha nikeli, shaba, na cobalt. Mkusanyiko wa madini ya sulfidi ya nikeli utasafirishwa kwa lori kilomita 340 kutoka kwa kiwanda cha mkusanyiko kilicho kwenye Mgodi wa Kabanga uliopendekezwa kupitia barabara ya B3 hadi Kiwanda cha Kusafisha Kahama. Bidhaa za chuma zilizosafishwa kutoka Kiwanda cha Kusafishia Kahama zitasafirishwa kwa lori hadi bandari kavu ya Izaka, ambayo iko takriban kilomita 40 mashariki mwa Kiwanda cha Kusafishia Kahama, na kisha kusafirishwa kwa mfumo wa reli uliopo hadi Dar es Salaam, mji mkuu wa Tanzania na bandari kubwa zaidi. Dar es Salaam ina vifaa muhimu vya bandari kuagiza vifaa na vifaa kwa ajili ya Mradi unaopendekezwa na kusafirisha bidhaa za mwisho kwa ajili ya kuuza nje.

Status

An ESIA update process is being undertaken for the proposed project in accordance with local Tanzanian laws, legislation, policies and frameworks, IFC Performance Standards, the Equator Principles, and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. The process is presently in the Disclosure Phase.

The process is currently in the Disclosure Phase, during which the stakeholders and the general public are invited to provide comments, queries and / or concerns on the proposed project by completing the Registration Form at the following link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=U-ycEHeo60KT6Ln1woK6OOza7gaZ6QZBuuBLWjWtxq1UREVBUVNSSE1POTM5VzVJV1VTSUg5WDNIWS4u

SLR has prepared a Non-Technical Summary (NTS), which is available for public review and comment from 22 April - 15 May 2025.

Mchakato wa kusasisha ESIA unafanywa kwa mradi unaopendekezwa kwa mujibu wa sheria, sheria, sera na mifumo ya ndani ya Tanzania, Viwango vya Utendaji vya IFC, Kanuni za Ikweta, na Miongozo ya Shirika la Ushirikiano wa Kiuchumi na Maendeleo kwa Biashara za Kimataifa. Mchakato huo kwa sasa uko katika Awamu ya Ufichuzi.

Mchakato huo kwa sasa uko katika Awamu ya Ufichuzi, wakati ambapo wadau na umma kwa ujumla wanaalikwa kutoa maoni, maswali na / au wasiwasi juu ya mradi uliopendekezwa kwa kujaza Fomu ya Usajili kwenye kiunga kifuatacho: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=U-ycEHeo60KT6Ln1woK6OOza7gaZ6QZBuuBLWjWtxq1UREVBUVNSSE1POTM5VzVJV1VTSUg5WDNIWS4u

SLR imeandaa Muhtasari Usio wa Kiufundi (NTS), ambao unapatikana kwa ukaguzi wa umma na maoni kuanzia tarehe 22 Aprili - 15 Mei 2025.