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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6858 FRIDAY 7 JUNE 2019 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
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BB/Uis Fly-In 2019 Page 3
Scramble for a place at school
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Pictures: Dirk Heinrich
The end of Walvis Bay’s notorious salt trucks
·20km pipeline to pump salt to port of Walvis Bay ·Construction of pipeline planned for January 2020 ·This will be the world’s first salt transporting pipeline Floris Steenkamp
A consulting engineer has been tasked by Walvis Bay Salt Refiners to design a system to pump salt by pipeline from the salt works to the port of Walvis Bay. An experimental plant, established by Walvis Bay Salt Refiners at its premises at the salt works, has successfully proved that it can be accomplished and is pumping 150 tons of salt per hour for several months on end already. The system shows no sign of engineering fatigue. And before you want to take this with the proverbial pinch of salt: the concept of pumping solid products or by-products from mining by pipeline is not a “new” engineering concept. It is known as slurry transportation
and is used in Namibia for instance by the uranium mines to pump tailings (a mining waste product) from the crushers to the tailings dams. Namib Times visited Walvis Bay Salt Refiners on
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Desalination has become a matter of “do or die” Sharlien Tjambari Desalination is not a luxury anymore. It has become a matter of do and die. This was the message on Wednesday by the Governor of Erongo, Clr Mutjavikua, during his State of the Nation Address (SORA). As the term refers, SORA is a platform each year by which the Governors of all of Namibia's fourteen regions provide a snapshot of the economic and social condition of each particular region. Governor Mutjavikua highlighted a number of key challenges Erongo face. The persistent drought is top on the agenda and in this regard the Governor said desalination has become a critical issue for the Region. Apart from water needed for humans and animals, mining and Continues on page 2
Locker vom Hocker
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Okonjima Dragons clinch Africa Cup
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