MCL awards EPC Contract for 300 MW Power Plant

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MCL selected SEPCO Electric Power Construction Corp, China as Contractor to establish a mine mouth, 300MW Coal Fired Power Plant (in 2x150 MW unit configuration) at Maamba, Zambia, on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis. MCL issued the Letter of Intent to SEPCO on 19th October 2011 at Lusaka, Zambia.

The scope of the EPC contract includes planning, design, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, supply, inspection and testing, transport to site, construction, erection, testing, commissioning, carrying out performance and guarantee tests, completion of all auxiliaries and facilities and handing over of the Power Plant to MCL.

The first Unit is scheduled to be completed within 30 months and the second Unit in 33 months from January 2012.