I may be wrong....16 Aug 2018 13:32
but having read this morning's RNS several times, and like many, initially underwhelmed that there appeared to be yet another hoop to jump through before the PPA could be issued, the RNS actually seems to separate the water permits issue from the PPA as paragraph 4 starts with the word, 'Separately'. I may be wrong about this but I'm now less perturbed as I think the water permits is just part of what is required to get the MCPP built. It's this part of the RNS along with the use of the word 'separately' that leads me to this conclusion, 'Permanent water permits will be issued following completion of the construction and implementation of all necessary water infrastructure that will be required to meet the water needs of the Mbeya Power Plant and Mbeya Coal Mine.' Anyways, PPA will come when it comes but I can't see why all parties would waste so much time, and presumably money, pontificating if the MCPP wasn't going to happen. Still holding and awaiting the 'monster' RNS to land and now back to sleep.....