Mmamabula power project costs could top $10bn - AfDB
Friday, June 06, 2008
The project costs have been going in one direction and that is upwards and so I personally won't be surprised if it ends up being higher than $10-billion, Tim Turner, director of private sector and microfinance development at the AfDB, told delegates at the World Economic Forum conference in Cape Town.
The project, which includes a coal mine and two 2, 500 MW power stations, is situated in southeast Botswana on the border with South Africa and was initially slated to cost around $6-billion (P38 billion).
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