When tonight of gold was found in eritrea, hopes that the economy of one of the worlds poorest countries would finally accelerate. A few months ago, a number of workers from bishanevsun project owned by the eritrean government and canadas nevsun resources ltd. Eritrea looks to mining to boost economic growth youtube. Get your 3day weather forecast for bisha, gashbarka, eritrea. Eritreas bergbau ist fest in chinesischer hand branchenbericht gtai. So far, however, most of the money has gone to the shareholders of the foreign company, which is the states partner in the mine, and now sued in the canadian court for using slave workers in it. Bisha project is located at about 150km west of asmara in eritrea, east africa. Eritreans sue canadian mining firm nevsun over human rights.
Bisha mine in eritrea experienced an act of vandalism. Northeast africa already has a few gold deposits in the threshold size of one million troy ounces the size limit the usually piques the attention of bigger miners. The real truth about bisha mine in eritrea youtube. Nsutsxamex is pleased to report on the successful conclusion of an analyst tour to the bisha project from september 2730. Eritrea has an extensive amount of resources such as copper, gold, granite, marble, and potash. Gold miners are expanding their focus in africa to the northeast of the continent, a region that in the past, was largely bypassed by gold explorers.
The mining project is a major deposit of volcanogenic massive sulphide vms mineralisation. Goldmining companies drawn to northeast africa wsj. Visit to the bisha mine in eritrea germany journalist. Supercut srf rundschau gold aus zwangsarbeit aus eritrea. The companys three principal assets are its ownership interest in the timok project, a highgrade coppergold development project in serbia, its bisha zinccopper mine in eritrea, and its balance sheet. The bisha mine is a highgrade copper, gold, silver and zinc mine that commenced production in february 2011. Eritrea first gained mineral exploration interest due to other significant finds. Ethiopian fighter jets hit eritrean bisha gold mine. Immediately after arrival, you will be sent to the security office. The official statement by nevsun on march 22, 2015 say the damages were sustained to the base of the tailings thickener. Ethiopian fighter planes bombed the site of eritrea s bisha goldmine, reported alsahafa, a leading sudanese arab daily in its march 21 edition. Commercial production at bisha began in february 2011.
Up next part 3 appalling work conditions at bishanevsun mining project, eritrea duration. The vms mineralisation is rich in base and precious metals such as gold and silver oxides, as well as copper and zinc sulphides. In actuality, ethiopia would prefer a democratic, friendly, peaceful and developing eritrea so that the eritrean refugees that are draining ethiopian resources will go home as would those who are hiding in the cities and living under the radar. Ethiopian air force reportedly attacked two locations inside eritrea on march 20,2015 says tigrayonline ardent protigray peoples liberation front tplf online news provider. Martin zimmermann the journey takes about 5 hours from asmara to bisha in the western lowlands of eritrea. View of the daily demolition of the bisha mine in eritrea, 150 kilometers west of the capital city of asmara. This page provides eritrea gold reserves actual values. Appalling work conditions at bishanevsun mining project. Video shows nabil driving from asmara palace hotel to flydubai ticket office. According to the newspaper, heavy plumes of smoke and fire bellowed from the mine located 150 kilometers from the capital city, asmara. Given the countrys ample natural resourcesincluding copper, tin, gold, potash, and rock.
Eritv eritrean news live by eritrea television 37,651 views 52. Bisha mine in eritrea experienced vandalism, not airstrike. The visit was well received by analysts, the ministry of energy and mines and the eritrean national mining corporation enamco. See bisha photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of bisha in eritrea.
Nevsun resources 20 corporate social responsibility video. The main excavation at the bisha mine in northwest eritrea, which is operated by a canadianowned company. The government is betting on the mining sector to bring in muchneeded cash. My visit to the bisha mine by chief of mission louis mazel i had the opportunity november 2122 to visit the bisha mine along with my deputy lori dando and her husband. Appalling work conditions at bishanevsun mining project, eritrea. Proethiopian regime bloggers reported that ethiopian airforce conducted airstrike at a gold mine processing facility, near the capital asmara, so far both ethiopian and eritrean officials didnt confirm whether or not the airstrike took place. In the mine and on the processing plant apply for all strict safety rules.
Large highgrade zncuauag volcanicassociated massive sulfide vms deposit. Eritrea is a tiny irrelevent and miniscule spec of dirt on the shoe of ethiopia. Bisha project mining technology mining news and views. Next year, canadas nevsun resources will open eritreas first gold mine in decades at its one million ounce goldcopperzinc deposit at bisha.
Bisha mining,is a gold,silver,and copper mine in the middle of one of the hottest places on earth. Bisha project is located at about 150km west of asmara in eritrea. Working in eritrea at bisha mining share compony home. View of the daily demolition of the bisha mine in eri trea, 150 kilometers west of the capital city of asmara. The bisha mine produces copper, zinc, gold and silver. I interviewed at bisha mining asmara eritrea in january 2016. We were forced to work at westernrun mine, say eritrean. Team eritrea wins first place in team time trial for the 6th year in a row at the african continental cycling championship by usher komugisha eritrea won the mens elite team time trial gold for a record sixth consecutive time on monday at the ongoing africa continental cycling championships in morocco. The success of the bisha mine, a joint venture between the eritrean government and. Taxes in eritrea are generally regulated by the income tax proclamations 621994. The company was acquired by zijin mining group company limited on dec 29, 2018. Bisha is a large precious and base metal volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit that commenced gold and silver production in february 2011. Eritreas most advanced project is the bisha mine operated by nevsun resources tsx. Ever since, it has extracted a profound amount of copper, zinc, gold, and.
Eritreas economic policies are heavily influenced by the ideology of its leaders, which. Nsu is pleased to announce strong production results of 110,000 ounces of gold for the quarter ending september 30, 2011. It isnt always easy to do business in eritrea but the bisha mines, a joint eritreancanadian operation, are an exception. Tour by eritreans from australia to bisha, sawa and filfil solomuna. Three eritrean refugees have filed a lawsuit against a canadian mining firm over. In 2011, nevsun began mining gold oxides from the surface layer of bisha. It isnt always easy to do business in eritrea but the bisha mines, a joint eritrean canadian operation, are an exception. However, the bisha mine in eritrea is setting a prime example of the. Sgctsxv is a junior development company that has successfully defined four independently estimated 43101 mineral deposits on the asmara project, eritrea in east africa. Bisha mining is an eritrean company formed for the development and operation of the bisha mine in western eritrea. The horn of africa nation expects to have four mines in operation by 2018 producing gold, copper, zinc and potash as it digs itself out of slowing.
Dealing with a dictator, cbc radiocanada, 12 feb 2016. I have been wanting to visit the mine for some time as it is the only mine currently operating in the country although the zara mine should come on line soon and is a major contributor to the eritrean economy. Forced labor and corporate responsibility in eritreas mining sector. Part 2 appalling work conditions at bishanevsun mining. The visit was attended by a number of representatives from leading canadian and uk institutions. Its 27 million tonnes of ore reportedly contain 1 million ounces of gold, 11. The bisha mine experienced an act of vandalism nevsun resources ltd. Eritrea nevsun bisha brought over 1 billion dollars income to the economy france 24 continues its indepth look at eritrea.
Bisha, gashbarka, eritrea three day weather forecast. Part 3 appalling work conditions at bishanevsun mining. Ethiopian fighter jets hit eritrean bisha mine and mai edaga military depot. Eritrean northern red sea docu about tourism agriculture blue gold history and companies duration. The journey takes about 5 hours from asmara to bisha in the western lowlands of eritrea. The oldest new nation part 2 eritrean revolution 1979 in french eritrea tha land of sahaba migration part 1 eritrea tha land of sahaba migration. At the beginning of the class period, on march 28, 2011, represented gold reserves at the bisha mine increased by approximately 15%, to approximately 4. A feasibility study for the highgrade debarwa copper, gold and zinc deposit commenced in october 2010 and is scheduled for completion in november 2011. It wasy very detail about the life history and educational. Eritrea tour of bisha gold mines zura nhagerka eritrea tour of bisha gold mines zura nhagerka. Bisha gold mining site which is located 150 kilometers west of the eritrean capital asmara and arsenal at mai edaga were targets of the airstrike according to tigrayonline. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Eritreas struggle to survive eritreas blue gold beautiful asmara, eritrea africas best kept secret eritrea.