Tag: BACTEC

• Wednesday, February 24th 2016 - 07:32 UTC

  Falkland’s Demining Project fourth phase draws to a close

  

  The current phase of demining in the Falkland Islands, which began in January 2015, is nearing completion and MercoPress recently caught up with the Head of the Falkland Islands Demining Programme Office (FIDPO), Guy Marot, to discuss the ongoing progress of demining in the Falklands.

• Friday, September 25th 2015 - 06:14 UTC

  Falklands clearance of Argentine mines takes off to a flying start

  

  Falkland Islands de-mining and ground clearance work has got off to a flying start despite the cold and snowy weather of late, Program Manager Guy Marot confirmed on Thursday to the Penguin News.

• Tuesday, March 31st 2015 - 08:41 UTC

  Falklands' clearance of Argentine mines planned to restart in mid-September

  

  The Falkland Islands program to clear mines planted by the invading Argentine forces in 1982, is scheduled to take a break at the end of April, following a very successful task all along summer according to Guy Marot, Program Manager for the Falkland Islands Demining Program Office, as reported in the FIG's edition of February.

• Sunday, January 11th 2015 - 19:40 UTC

  Falklands demining season scheduled to begin next Monday

  

  The Falkland Islands is set to begin another demining and ground clearance activity next week at Minefield number 59 at Wall Mountain on East Falkland.

• Friday, October 31st 2014 - 07:04 UTC

  Falklands demining contracts goes to Bactec and Fenix Insight

  

  Two companies have been awarded contracts by the UK Foreign Office for the clearance of minefields in the Falkland Islands, dating back to the 1982 conflict when retreating Argentine forces laid antipersonnel and other explosives particularly in a ring surrounding the capital Stanley.

• Friday, September 12th 2014 - 06:46 UTC

  Falklands Islands' minefield priority areas are named as bidders visit

  

  Four minefield clusters have been pinpointed as priority areas for the next clearance phase in the Falkland Islands. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Advisor for minefield issues Alistair Craib confirmed this week that Priority 1 is Minefield 59 on either sides of the MPA Road near Wall Mountain and Mount Harriet.

• Friday, July 18th 2014 - 07:21 UTC

  Falklands' de-mining plans for next two seasons funded by FCO

  

  The Falkland Islands will be seeing further de-mining over the next two summer seasons funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) that will also carry out a tender process for the works, according to a report from Penguin News.

• Saturday, February 16th 2013 - 10:09 UTC

  Fifty experts are mine-clearing three areas next to Falklands’ capital

  

  The BACTEC team is now fully deployed in the Falkland Islands clearing three minefields: two in the vicinity of Mile Pond and Mullet creek and the third south of the water tanks on the Stanley to Darwin and Goose Green Road. The mine-clearance project for these areas should be over by the end of March.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:29 UTC

  In January begins third phase of Argentine landmine clearance in the Falklands

  

  The third phase of explosive ordnance and landmine clearance in the Falkland Islands is scheduled to begin next January and extend until March 2013 and is programmed to concentrate in the surrounding of the capital Stanley.

• Tuesday, March 20th 2012 - 22:10 UTC

  Falklands recovers community land 30 after the war, following mines’ clearance

  

  Thirty years after the end of the South Atlantic conflict, the people of the Falkland Islands will be recovering an iconic leisure ground which remained banned for three decades because of the mines planted by the retreating Argentine forces that invaded the Islands 2 April 1982.