INTRODUCTION One of Guyana’s major export products is bauxite, which originates from the Aroaima, Kwakwani and Ituni regions around the Demerara and Berbice rivers in north-eastern Guyana. Guyana annually exports approximately 2.2 million tons of bauxite from it’s mines along the Berbice River. Boskalis International has long been associated with the mining industry in Guyana. In 1990 a long-term overburden removal project for the Aroaima mine was begun in Guyana involving the dredging and disposal of a sand and clay layer of 30-45 meters thickness. For this project the cutter suction dredgers Gemini and Edax, have been deployed. The bauxite from the Aroaima mine is transported with barges via the Berbice River to New Amsterdam, located at the mouth of the river. In New Am

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