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POTASH PROJECT
YARA DALLOL POTASH PROJECT
Background Information Document
Registration and Comment Sheet
To register and provide comments please contact:
Samuel Hailu TS Environmental Technology
Telephone: +251911373167 Email: sam1hy@yahoo.com
Purpose of this document
Nomsa Fulbrook-Bhembe Environmental Resources Management
Telephone: +44 7824 825 250 Email: Nomsa.fulbrookbhembe@erm.com
This document serves to provide you with a brief introduction to the proposed Yara Dallol Potash Project
(proposed Project) and the manner in which stakeholders can become involved in the Environmental and
Social Impact Assessment (ESIA process) currently being undertaken. Additional documents will be
available at various stages during the ESIA process to provide stakeholders with information, and further
opportunities to raise issues of concern and suggestions for enhanced benefits.
Yara Dallol BV, 3rd floor, Oasis building (near Edna Mall,) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel +251 11 6631089 Fax +251 11 6630967
Please also find further information regarding the ESIA on the ESIA project website:
http://www.erm.com/Yara-Dallol-BV-Potash-Project-EIA.
Please formally register me as stakeholder and provide further information and notifications
during ESIA process
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Yara International (Yara) is a chemical company that specialises in
the manufacture of agricultural products and environmental
agents including fertiliser products (such as potash). To support
this, Yara has started a subsidiary company called Yara Dallol BV,
which is involved in the exploration and development of a potash
mine in the Danakil Depression of Ethiopia. Yara Dallol BV are
working together with Novopro Projects Inc. (Novopro), a
Canadian Engineering Company, to develop a potash mine in
their aforementioned concessions.
Yara is proposing to extract potash through a process called
solution mining (refer to page 3 for further details on this process).
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Thank you for your participation
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION DOCUMENT
The Solution Mining Process
The proposed Project is called the Yara Dallol Potash Project, and is located in the Danakil Depression in the Afar region (Zone 2,
Dallol Woreda). The total area of the proposed Project covers a 62km2 area.
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The proposed Project has existed for over three years, and has operated under different names including Sainik, Ethiopotash BV
and Musley Potash Project. The proposed Project has had different names because ownership of the mining concession has
changed.
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Associated Infrastructure for the Proposed Project
Machinery & equipment
Processing plant
Fuel station
Access & haul roads
Evaporation ponds
Electric power line
Construction & operation camp
Vehicles
In addition t o associated infrastructure, Yara Dallol B V will also ha ve other r esources needs including land t o build the
abovementioned infrastructure and water for the solution mining process, as well as for the overall operation of the proposed Project.
Workers will also be required for the proposed Project. Currently it is expected that approximately 370 and 580 people will
be employed during the c onstruction and oper ational phases, which includes a mix ture of sk illed labour and unsk illed
labour. Where possible Yara Dallol BV will look to recruit people from the local area, and elsewhere in the Afar region.
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The Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Process
The ESIA will identify the most important changes (impacts) that the proposed Project may bring about. The proposed Project
may bring about changes to the natural environment and the people. Some of the types of impacts that may occur are shown
below. These impacts will be studied and understood in more detail through the Baseline Studies and Impact Assessment
phases in the ESIA. During the Impact Assessment phase mitigation measures will be developed to avoid and / or reduce the
types of impacts. In addition recommendations will also be developed to support any positive impacts.
The ESIA process is being undertaken in terms of the Environmental Policy of Ethiopia 1997 and Environmental Impact
Assessment Proclamation, 299/2002. The ESIA is divided into five key phases, namely: Screening, Scoping, Baseline data
collection, Impact Assessment and Disclosure, see below.
Stakeholder engagement takes place throughout the ESIA process
Screening is the first step. It defines what
issues will be considered in the ESIA
process
Screening
During Disclosure the ESIA report is
submitted to the Government for
review and decision making.
Risk of air emissions
Use of water
resources
Risk of noise emissions
Risk of disruption to
local livelihoods
Scoping identifies the likely changes
(impacts) that will happen because
of the proposed Project.
The Impact Assessment describes
and assesses how the proposed Project
could affect the local environment and
people, both negatively and positively, how
significant the changes (impacts) are likely to
be, and how the impacts could be managed.
Disclosure Scoping
Baseline
Data Collection
Impact
Assessment
We are now in the
Scoping phase
Baseline Data Collection
is to collect information to
understand the environment
and people in the area before
the proposed Project begins.
Stakeholder Engagement
Risk of disturbance and
damage to ecology
Risk of increase
in population
Risk of traffic
cidents
Risk of poor labour
standards
An important part of the ESIA process is to speak and listen to the people who may be affected by or interested in the proposed
Project. This is called Stakeholder Engagement and it will be undertaken throughout the ESIA process. Stakeholder views will
be considered to improve the proposed Project where possible.
ERM and TS Environmental Technology are independent consultants who will run the engagement process. Our team will try to
make sure engagement is open to all people, especially people who will be affected by the proposed Project. This will be done
in a way that is culturally appropriate.
How can you be involved?
If you have any comments or concerns, and would like to register as a stakeholder you can get involved by:
Risk of changes to the views
of the area
Risk of disturbance to cultural
heritage & archaeology
Risk of disruption to local
transportation routes
Increased income generating
opportunities (employment &
procurement of goods & services)
Management of Impacts
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Attending workshops and public meetings held during the ESIA process;
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Visiting the ESIA project website: http://www.erm.com/Yara-Dallol-BV-Potash-Project-EIA.
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Contacting ERM and TS Environmental Technology for further information (see contact details on page 6); and
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Registering as an interested or affected stakeholder in the proposed Project. Registration will allow you to receive further
communication about the ESIA process and the proposed Project.
Various Baseline Studies will be undertaken as part of the ESIA Process. The Baseline and associated Impact Assessment studies
will suggest ways to reduce the negative impacts and support the positive impacts.
This will be done through the development of mitigation measures to avoid or reduce negative impacts. Recommendations
will also be developed to support the positive impacts of the proposed Project.
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The Project Stages
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The proposed Project has been in the Development stage for approximately three years. The Development stage of the
proposed Project has involved completion of seismic surveys, core drilling, and preliminary environmental and social
studies.
Currently the proposed Project is in the Feasibility stage. The Feasibility stage involves test mining, the completion of an
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), as well as other studies to determine whether the proposed Project is
viable.
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If the Feasibility studies show that the proposed Project is viable, the proposed Project will enter into the Detailed
Engineering stage. In the Detailed Engineering stage the design for the proposed Project will be finalised before
progressing into the Construction Phase.
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It is anticipated that the proposed Project will start Operation, with first potash production by end 2017. The Life of the
Mine is anticipated at 18 years.
2010
Feasibility studies
2013
Development stage
drilling, exploration drilling,
hydrogeological studies etc.
An ESIA aims to answer fi e key questions:
Baseline
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Prediction
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2017
2016
2018
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ESIA
If an impact is significant, what can
be done to avoid, reduce, remedy
or compensate for the adverse effects,
or enhance the benefits?
Residual impact
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Before proceeding Yara Dallol BV must assess how the proposed Project is likely to affect the local natural environment and
surrounding communities through an ESIA process.
What Is An ESIA?
An Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) is being carried out to understand how the proposed Project might
change existing environmental and social conditions, either positively or negatively.
The ESIA process will also iden+fy ways of minimizing any negative impacts and maximizing benefits (positive impacts) related
to the proposed Project.
The ESIA report will, also further advise if and how the proposed Project can be developed in a sustainable manner, as well as
assist the Ethiopian officials with the permiKng process.
Who Will Carry Out The ESIA?
In compliance with the Environmental Policy of Ethiopia 1997 and Environmental Impact Assessment Proclamation, 299/2002,
Yara Dallol BV is required to submit an ESIA report to the Ethiopian government for consideration. Environmental Resources
Management (ERM) is an independent consulting firm that is conducting the ESIA for the proposed Project together with
Ethiopian consultants TS Environmental Technology and ESSD, the social and environmental consultants, respectively.
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Are the impacts significant?
If so, how significant?
Mitigation
Operations
Why Do An ESIA?
What will the proposed project’s impacts
be? How will conditions in the
environment and society change as a
consequence of the proposed project?
Evaluation
Engineering & construction
2015
What is the current environmental
and social situation?
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What will the residual impacts be after
the mitigation?
How significant will these be?