KUALA LUMPUR: Major blasting operations to obtain some 16 million tonnes of rock for the giant Bakun Hydroelectric Dam in Sarawak has started.
“To get about 16 million tonnes of rock to build the dam, which will be one of the tallest in the world, we would need to blast 20 million tonnes of rock,” said Gilles Porlier, project manager for the dam builders, Malaysia-China Hydro Joint Venture (MCH JV).
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