Continue to remove difficulties for Song Lam Cement Factory

(Baonghean) - Song Lam Cement Factory is a key project of the province, after 15 months has produced the first products of international quality. Since November 2016, the Factory has officially started production with an output of nearly 13,000 tons of clinker/day. However, phase 2 still exists and has some problems related to the site, limestone transportation route...

Speed ​​up construction progress

Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company was granted a Land Use Rights Certificate by the Provincial People's Committee in 2008 with an area of ​​348,850 m2. After 15 months of construction and installation, the Song Lam Cement Plant Phase 1 project has officially put into operation both clinker production lines. The first line has produced the first tons of clinker; the kiln capacity reaches 6,000 tons of clinker/day.

In November 2016, the second line also completed the equipment testing and held the furnace firing ceremony. Currently, the Cement Company continues to complete the internal roads, drainage ditches, tree planting, and construction of a water supply system for production.

Song Lam Cement Factory Project (Do Luong). Photo: Nguyen Son

Mr. Hoang Van Hiep - Vice Chairman of Do Luong District People's Committee said: Currently, we are focusing on clearing the land for the limestone mining transport route; have prepared compensation records and supported land acquisition for 15 households whose forestry land was affected with a total compensation value of nearly 3 billion VND; the total land area recovered is 145,193 m2. The Land Acquisition Compensation Council has sent a document to Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company to arrange funds to pay the affected households soon.

In addition, to serve the transportation of raw materials and products of Song Lam Cement Factory, the N5 route connecting the Southeast Economic Zone to Hoa Son (Do Luong) has a length of 29.1km. After nearly 1 year of construction, the main route passing through 2 districts, Nghi Loc and Do Luong, the site has been handed over to the construction unit. By the end of March 2017, the roadbed, bridges, culverts, crushed stone foundations have been completed 100%, cement reinforcement has reached 93%, and the first layer of asphalt has reached nearly 40% of the total length of the project. The Department of Transport is directing contractors to arrange 7 construction teams on the route, striving to complete the first layer of asphalt before April 30, and the entire N5 route project before June 30, 2017, in time to serve the production and business activities of the factory.

Quickly remove obstacles

The Song Lam Cement Plant Phase 2 project has been approved by the Provincial People's Committee in principle for investment and the Department of Planning and Investment has issued an investment certificate. However, Phase 2 still exists and has some problems related to the site and limestone transportation route...

The first production line of Song Lam Cement Factory. Photo: Nguyen Son

Recently, at the working session between the delegation of the Provincial People's Committee, Do Luong District People's Committee and Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company on the implementation of compensation, support for site clearance and resettlement for the project and related infrastructure works, the company's leader said: The company has put 2 clinker production lines into operation but the source of raw materials is not yet proactive.

Currently, the factory is using limestone from clearing the ground on an area of ​​3.5 hectares of motorbike storage area for the mine area, so the quality of the stone is not good and the volume is small, not enough to meet the production needs in 2017. In addition, the factory lacks a source of latarite for production. The irrigation ditch system along both sides of the road from the factory to the mine has not been cleared for the investor to construct. As for the limestone mine, the Company is in the process of applying for a mining license with an area of ​​50.8 hectares. However, if the mining right is granted, the distance to the K41 warehouse is not allowed to be mined.

According to Mr. Dinh Quoc Quyen - General Director of Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company, the detailed planning of the factory area in phase 2 has been approved by the Provincial People's Committee, with 363,353m2 in Minh Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) and Bai Son commune (Do Luong) but the site has not been cleared yet. Some affected households near the factory and the land area north of the factory (phase 2) in Bai Son commune, due to the large difference in height, are susceptible to landslides in the upcoming rainy and stormy season and need to be relocated and cleared.

Regarding the difficulties in the implementation of phase 2, the leader of the People's Committee of Do Luong district said that for the drainage ditches along both sides of the public road and conveyor belt, the district has completed compensation for land acquisition for 82 households whose agricultural land was affected; the total area of ​​recovered land is 6,374 m2. At the same time, the district has conducted measurements, statistics, and counting of land and assets on land for 30 households with agricultural land and 16 households with residential land affected by the project that have been permitted to relocate by the Provincial People's Committee. Do Luong district requested Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company to promptly complete the environmental impact assessment report so that the People's Committee of Do Luong district has a basis to relocate and resettle households located near the factory that have been permitted to relocate by the Provincial People's Committee.

It is known that the Provincial People's Committee has currently allocated a fund for land clearance with nearly 23 billion VND to pay for households affected by the factory expansion area and related works that are still lacking in phase 1. "We are preparing to start the project phase 2, so we hope that the Provincial People's Committee will consider supporting the cost of site leveling, providing water for production and continuing to help the investor complete the project on schedule. The Company will continue to implement preferential policies to recruit local workers to work at the factory (when completed, the project cluster will need over 2,000 workers) and support people around the area to build public works, actively implement environmental protection solutions, ensuring industrial development in harmony with people's lives" - the leader of Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company emphasized.

Thu Huyen