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The Massingir dam, in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza, has decided to increase its discharges in an attempt to save the rice harvest in the Limpopo Valley. The dam is located on the Elephants River, which is the main tributary of the Limpopo. In principle, the dam .

The rehabilitation will be finalised in October 2006 when the dam will be filled. Floods and filling the dam. In their newsletter a year ago the Olifants River Forum stated its concern that when the Massingir dam is full, and it rises an additional 10m, the dammed water will push back into the gorge section of the KNP.

Oct 04, 2018· Re: Massingir dam: assorted pics « Reply #8 on: November 18, 2014, 09:07:08 PM » Also a lot of chinese silver carp in the dam, and with the rising water level into the olifants gorge, the carp ended up in the gorge contributing to the large scale death of crocs due to pansteatitis.

POLIC BRIEF 2 The case of Massingir District 1 Background Massingir District is located in the southwest of Gaza Province in southern Mozambique. The district, which borders South Africa to the west, is predominantly semi-arid and hosts the second-largest dam in the country – the Massingir Dam on the Elephant River. Population density

The press attache for the Ministry of Public Works, Joaquim Cossa, assured "Savana" that the real storage capacity at Massingir is 2,800 million cubic metres, and the dam will be able to provide ...

Aug 22, 2018· The completion of rehabilitation work on the Massingir dam in Mozambique's Gaza province will allow the cultivation area to increase from the current 2,000 hectares to 4,200 hectares, according to district administrator Sérgio Moiane, quoted by Mozambican news agency AIM. Rehabilitation works fun

Mar 03, 2010· Rehabilitation of the Massingir Dam bottom outlet works will be accomplished by the installation of 6.4m diameter steel liners in both of the outlet conduits. These will be encased in concrete and will extend from the upstream side of the dam's core to .

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Procana, a London based company that acquired 30,000 hectares close to the dam (in the red area closest to the Massingir minor town – see Figure 1), was approved in 2009 as an investment project aiming to accommodate a sugarcane/ethanol plantation, create 7000 direct jobs, and engage in a scheme of sugarcane outgrowers. All of this is ...

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Massingir Dam ‹ › EMPLOYER ARA ... Forming Berm with D1 type material 21,000 m3, Forming Berm with R2 type material 79,000 m3. Drilling and Grouting Dam Foundations: Exploratory Holes, Setting up 96 no. Drilling holes in earthfill 42,500m, Comprehensive Water Pressure Test 650 no ; Drilling of Grout Curtain - Setting up 1,200 no. - Drilling ...

Massingir Dam is a dam on the Rio dos Elefantes (Olifants or Lepelle), Gaza Province, Mozambique.It is named after the town of Massingir, in Massingir District.The Shingwedzi River flows close to the northeastern side of the reservoir and joins the Rio dos Elefantes about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) downstream from the dam wall.

In 2012 he joined Vale, the second largest mining company in the world, currently exploring coal in Mozambique, as a logistics solutions analyst developing studies for major logistics projects, currently the Nacala Corridor, the biggest investment in mining in Africa today (aprox. 4.7 bilion USD) and creating the business model and platform for ...

Rehabilitation of the Massingir dam (414026E/7355195N) has consumed a large quantity of sand and gravel, which has been extensively extracted from the river valley (Elephants River) at several ...

Fields of cane were planted near the Massingir dam, but in 2016 the project collapsed. According to TSB, a feasibility study had shown the investment cost had risen to $1,2-billion, reducing expected returns from the project, and the Mozambican company had been unable to raise the extra money needed to finance it.

The Massingir dam has never been fully operational as leaks appeared within months of the end of construction in 1977. Major repairs in 2007 were botched and within a year the bottom outlet pipes burst. The repair work will improve irrigation for 16,000 farmers in the districts of Xai-Xai, and Chokwe, as well as in Massingir itself.

Jul 01, 2017· Being adjacent to South Africa and hosting the country's second-largest dam – the Massingir Dam on the Elephant River – and, after Mozambique began to host one of the fastest growing markets in the world (Hanlon and Smart, 2008, Kirshner and Power, 2015), public and private and both domestic and foreign (mainly South African) investments ...

There are two dams within the basin in Mozambique (LBPTC 2010). Massingir Dam has the largest storage capacity in the basin at 2 800 Mm³ with a flooded area of 150 km² and is located 30 km downstream of the South African border on the Olifants River (Barros 2009). The dam was originally conceived as multi-purpose irrigation and hydro-power project. In 1978 a serious leak was discovered .

Oct 30, 2008· The men also noted that the water for the sugarcane production was going to come from the Massingir dam — a crucial commodity for small farmers in a .

Sep 26, 2019· It's a bad road but it's not impossible to drive. A 4x4 is recommended however a high clearance 2x4 will Al's be fine. Covane lodge is not only an overnight stop but those who would like to spend maybe 2 days there can also enjoy a boat cruise on the massive Massingir dam. A sunset cruise or try your hand at a bit if fishing.

Sedimentary sequence of the type section below the Massingir Dam. ... Minerals and Mining and The AusIMM. ... Mozam-bique Gulf Oil Company. Serv. Geol. Minas, Lourenço Marques, Moçambique.

Massingir Dam bottom outlet works rehabilitation, Mozambique. With its extensive dam safety expertise on the African continent, Aurecon was appointed to carry out a dam failure investigation for the Massingir Dam. Markets: Water. Expertise: Dams, Infrastructure advisory. View full article ›

The area was to be monoculture planted with sugar cane and irrigated with water from the Massingir dam on the Elephants river – to the detriment of farmers water supply downstream. Under the Land Law of 1997 the land was leased for 50 years (renewable). ... Central African Mining and Exploration Company (CAMEC) from United Kingdom - Defunct ...

Massingir Dam is a 48 m high zoned embankment dam with a crest length of 4 600 m and is located on the Elephants River, a tributary of the Limpopo River in the Southern Gaza province of Mozambique. The spillway gates and associated hydro-mechanical and electrical equipment was installed during a rehabilitation contract for Massingir Dam between ...
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