On Saturday, we celebrated the Global Recycling Day.
We thought that this is a perfect moment for us to initiate the #recycle project aiming at drawing attention to the separate collection and reusing of wastes. The initiative is addressed to children as education and building awareness is one of our keystones.
We believe that small steps bring impressive effects. Let’s start with ourselves, let’s learn new habits. Let’s do something good TOGETHER so that our planet is relieved!
Slowly but surely, we are preparing for tomorrow’s event – the Clothing Swap – under our first #payitforward project!
For this kick-off event, we have invited all the staff members of Luma Holding Ltd, Luma Services Sp. z o.o. or Re Alloys. As we see, the idea has drawn huge attention, so we hope that the clothes somebody is no longer interested in are not going to be thrown away, but will be worn with pleaure by someone else
The objective of the #payitforward project is to highlight the matter of how the clothing sector is affecting the environment. Only a small part of all textile products is recycled, the rest of them ends up in the landfill. We want to change it and give the clothes a second life.
Re Alloys has obtained financing for construction of the Wind Farm.
The company has just reached another significant milestone on their path to zero emission, as it has secured funding for their first 35 MW wind farm to be constructed in Dzwola, the Lublin Province.
The project’s financial partners are: PKO Bank Polski, a leading Polish bank, which granted an investment facility of EUR 53.89 million and a VAT facility of PLN 32.3 million, and Sienna Private Credit, a French private debt specialist with a dedicated Energy Transition expertise, which granted a EUR 15.8 million loan. This transaction is the first investment of Sienna Private Credit in Poland.
The erection of the Dzwola wind farm is an essential part of the Re Alloys Going Green strategy. Its key objective is to run its own renewable energy projects and to address 100% of energy needs by emission-free sources. The Re Alloys Going Green approach is the linchpin and hallmark of the measures we take for environmental protection. At the same time, it fits with the company’s social responsibility policy. Re Alloys is an enterprise of very high energy consumption, therefore the transition into renewable energy sources will give us a chance to avoid CO2 emission comparable to the emission of a city of hundreds of thousands of inhabitants. What is more, our own renewable energy sources will help us achieve energy independence, what, in turn, will translate into the growth of the company and maintaining high-quality jobs in times of uncertainty and a significant energy price increase.
LuNa Smelter receives four Large Scale Mining Licenses
LuNa Smelter is pleased to announce that it has received confirmation from the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) of the granting of four Large Scale Mining Licenses (LSML) and one exploration license in Gatsibo and Kayonza Districts of the Eastern Province, Rwanda. The 4 LSM’s cover an area of 1 400 Ha and include the rights to extract cassiterite, coltan and wolfram. The LSML’s are valid for a period of 10 years, renewable subject to provisions of the Rwanda legislation. The exploration license covers an area of 8 050 ha with rights to explore the same minerals as the 4 mining licenses.
LuNa Smelter’s Managing Director, Joseph Butera commented “The granting of the four LSML’s represents a significant milestone for LuNa Smelter. The Company has spent several years exploring the Eastern Province for strategic minerals, and we are excited to be given an opportunity to produce cassiterite for feed to our tin smelter in Kigali and as we also look for continuation of the exploration campaign on the land”.
Representing the LuNa Smelter Board of Directors, the Chairman, Lukasz Banasik remarked “The Board of Directors is thrilled to receive the 4 Large Scale Mining Licenses from RMB. The development of our own mines in Rwanda confirms our commitment to Rwanda and makes LuNa one of the few truly vertically integrated tin producers in the world. This milestone is a culmination of Luma Holdings commitment to the highest ESG principals and from this we will be able to produce LME quality tin with the world’s lowest greenhouse gas footprint”.
Wind Farm Łada concluded an agreement with ONDE S.A.
On 7th December 2022, Wind Farm Łada, a subsidiary of Re Alloys, concluded an agreement with ONDE S.A. for construction works at the erection of a group wind power plants of the total of 10 turbines. The contract is worth PLN 44 million net.
The wind farm with the capacity of 35MW will be constructed in Dzwola, Lubelskie Voivodeship. The investment is a core element of the Going Green strategy implemented in Re Alloys. The strategy is designed to satisfy Re Alloys’ total energy consumption with the energy from renewable energy sources, and thus, to achieve zero-emission. The launch of the wind farm is planned for the second half of 2024.
ONDE S.A. is a leading RES infrastructure constructor in Poland, especially wind and PV farms.
On November 17, 2022, Wind Farm Łada, a subsidiary of Re Alloys, signed a contract with the Nordex Group for delivery and installation of ten wind turbines. The farm with a capacity of 35 MW will be built in Dzwola, near the city of Zamość. Commissioning of turbines is planned for early 2024.
This transaction is yet another element of Re Alloys Going Green strategy. Its main assumption is to fully cover Re Alloys’ energy needs from renewable energy sources, thereby achieve net-zero emissions.
We are glad to announce that Luma Foundation has just started its activity - a foundation which is to undertake initiatives for sustainable development
We have implemented numerous environmental projects in our companies so far, and our employees, as volunteers, involved in many social initiatives. Seeing this potential, we decided to establish a foundation.
We believe that with Luma Foundation we can do more.
4th African Conference. Africa – the unused potential
Luma Holding’s representatives are present at the 4th AFRICAN CONFERENCE “ARICA– THE UNUSED POTENTIAL” in Łódź, Poland. The event is going to discuss the matters significant for the Africa’s growth and the issues related to social, economic and cultural processes on the continent. Among various participants, there are Polish politicians, scientists, missionaries, travellers and businessmen, also speakers coming from Africa.
A Luma Holding’s representative participated in the Business Forum
A Luma Holding’s representative participated in the Business Forum held in cooperation with PAIH (the Polish Investment and Trades Agency) in Warsaw. The aim of the forum was to inform and promote the cooperation of investors on non-European markets. The Luma’s delegate focused on panels concerning investments in Africa.
Luma Holding representatives had the honour to celebrate 28th anniversary of the Liberation of Rwanda.
At the invitation of the Ambassador of Rwanda to Poland HE Prof. Anastase Shyaka, Luma Holding representatives, Radoslaw Miskiewicz, Krzysztof Matan, had the honour to celebrate 28th anniversary of the Liberation of Rwanda.