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Article: Cameroon: DJ Rio Tinto Urges Cameroon To Speed Up Energy Project -Official.
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- April 4, 2009
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Byline: manish03
A senior official of aluminium giant Rio Tinto PLC (RTP) met Cameroon President Paul Biya Thursday, to press for the swift construction of a gas plant to supply energy needed to increase aluminium production.
"We want the Kribi gas project to go operational as soon as possible, and the head of state has given us the assurance that he will do his best to push the project, so that in the next 24 months, the gas plant is set in its full capacity," Jean-Philippe Puig, president Primary Metals Europe, Middle East and Africa, an affiliate of Rio Tinto-Alcan told reporters Thursday after his presidential audience.
"Were worried about ...