Businessman Nazar ‘Shell’ Mohamed is forging ahead with operationalising Hadi’s World Inc’s Quarry operation in Region Seven, as the company yesterday signed a US$25 million agreement with China Harbour Engineering Company Limited to execute the works there.
However, still unclear is the status of the lawsuit that BK Quarries Inc lodged last year with the High Court against the company, as it had sought an injunction against what it says is a Guyana Geo-logy and Mines Commission (GGMC) decision to award 16,502 acres of land in the Mazaruni Mining District.
This newspaper understands that the issue is still before the courts.
Calls to both Chief Exe-cutive Officer of BK international and Mohamed last evening proved futile.
“Today, Hadi’s World Inc. a subsidiary of Mohamed’s Enterprise inked a US$25 million contract with China Harbour Engineering Co. Limited to operationalize its quarry facilities in the Upper Mazaruni District, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).The agreement was signed between owner of Hadi’s World Inc. Nazar “Shell” Mohamed and it’s director, Azruddin Mohamed and Dr Zhimin Hu, Vice President of Central America and Carib-bean Division and Sammy Chan of China Harbour Engineering Co. Limited,” Mohamed’s Facebook ‘Team Mohamed’s’ page announced.
“The agreement will create employment for locals but more importantly, meet the demand of the booming construction industry by providing boulders, stones and aggregate to the local construction market. Hadi’s World Inc. obtained the licences for Kwapau Quarry Areas 1 and 2, and ATANA Quarry Blocks 1 and 2 in the Mazaruni Mining District 3 after receiving the green light from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),” it added.
The company informed that the US$25 million project is expected to get underway in two months’ time.
In March of last year, this newspaper reported on Mohamed’s plans and back then he was optimistic that his proposed quarry business would be granted all the necessary permits. Mohamed had told this newspaper that he wanted to commence operations by January of this year, if he got the green light.
The next day, BK International registered its objection saying that the areas granted overlap acre-age it had already applied for and prospected on.
The company in June then moved to the High Court to seek an injunction against what it said was a Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) decision to award 16,502 acres of land in the Mazaruni Mining District to Hadi’s World Inc. for quarrying operations.
Through the lawsuit, which also names GGMC Commissioner Newell Dennison, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Hadi’s World as respondents, BK wanted the company to be prevented from occupying or taking steps to develop the land in question. It contended that the GGMC sought to award land for four quarrying licences, despite its many objections.
Through its attorney, Siand Dhurjon, BK argued that the Notices of Intention to Grant Quarry Licences had been published in the Official Gazette without the approval of the Board of Directors of the GGMC which is contrary to what is required by law.
BK also contended that in fact the EPA illegally waived the requirement for Hadi’s World to perform an assessment of the environmental impact of the four quarrying operations, advancing that they “would not significantly impact the environment.”
