8 October 2013 – Varennes, QC – Solmax, a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of geomembranes, is pleased to announce that it received the Export Award from Forum Africa 2013. During a ceremony held 27 September 2013 at the Sheraton Center Montreal, Solmax receive the award, which honored Solmax as a key Canadian export company to Africa. Present at the ceremony where Mr. Jean-Claude Brou (Cote D’Ivoire Minister of Industry and Mines), Mr. Olusegun Obasanjo (former President of the Republic of Nigeria), and more than 450 delegates, including company CEOs, managing directors, and senior decision makers from the African public sector and international institutions.
Organized by Afrique Expansion Magazine and the African Development Bank, in collaboration with AfricanBusiness RoundTable (ABR) and the Canadian Council for Africa (CCA), the forum’s objective was to raise awareness of Africa’s business environment and opportunities. Solmax would like to take this opportunity to highlight the importance for the governments in Africa to adopt more environmental regulations enforcing the use of geomembranes in the mining sector. The use of geomembranes in mining applications greatly reduce the risk of costly remediation works. Mining operations are often carried out in regions that are not only hard to reach, but whose ecosystems are fragile. Solmax produces geomembranes adapted to specific conditions, taking into account the characteristics of a given natural environment as well as the needs of major mining companies.
Solmax was chosen to receive the award as we have supplied geomembranes for some of the largest African mining projects. Some of our clients include AngloGold Ashanti, AREVA Resources, and GoldFields.
Solmax is proud to receive this award and looks forward to maintaining its status as one of the world;s greatest exporting companies to Africa and its booming market.
For more information on Solmax’s mining, environmental protection, and containment applications and expertise, visit www.solmax.com.
