Chinese mining company Xinfa Aurum will today receive its 22 year bauxite mining lease and operations are expected to start in thirty days time in Bua.
This will see 1 million tonnes of raw Bauxite extracted and used to make aluminum.
Xinfa Aurum managing Director operations, Basilio Vanuaca said once they will be handed the lease today, they expect to have further talks with the land owning units and more paperwork before work starts.
Meanwhile, the five land owning units of the land in Nawailevu will receive more than $986,000 in lease money today from Government.
The land owning units who will benefit are Mataqali Naicobo, Mataqali Noro, Mataqali Nalutu, Vanua Navakasiga and Vanua Lekutu.
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