Puuahee说，“驾驶这个漂亮的家伙是种愉快的体验，你知道我们以前从来不敢想象这事能在这里发生。”
Puuahee表示，她踏入采矿行业主要是因为这里有更多的机会，也将帮助自己快速成长。在这一信念支持下，她从海边城市斯瓦科普蒙德搬到了湖山铀矿附近的内陆城市阿兰迪斯，并在2013年湖山铀矿开始建设时加入了求职者大军。
“现在斯科公司（全称：中广核铀业斯科有限公司）为当地人提供了大量的就业机会，我认为，它改变了很多人的生活，尤其是年轻人！” Puuahee说。
湖山铀矿是世界上最大的铀矿之一，到2017年底时这里的长期雇员已经有1620人，此外还有176名临时雇员与522名承包商。
根据纳米比亚矿业协会主席Veston Malango介绍，湖山铀矿已经成为该国采矿行业中最大的就业岗位提供者。
斯科公司CEO蔡于胜表示，湖山铀矿建设高峰时期有超过5000名工人在现场工作。
湖山铀矿的建设和运营为缓解这个南部非洲国家的就业压力做出了重要贡献。在2016年，纳米比亚的失业率曾高达34%。
对湖山铀矿的众多赞誉之中，纳米比亚总统哥根布在2016年3月视察湖山铀矿时曾赞扬：“你们带来的巨大投资令我印象深刻。这确实是非常好的投资，它驯服了高山为沙漠带来了文明。纳米比亚为拥有你们这样的伙伴而自豪。”
湖山铀矿在2016年12月生产出了第一桶铀。蔡于胜介绍，如果湖山铀矿达产每年将加工1500万吨矿石，并产出6500吨铀308。
另外，湖山铀矿有望为纳米比亚每年的GDP增长贡献5个百分点，并使出口总量增长20%。纳米比亚将成为世界第三大铀生产国。作为价值48亿美元的项目，湖山铀矿是中国在非洲最大单体实体投资项目，历时4年才完成建设。
2018-05-15，Xinhuanet首发，原文标题《Feature: Chinese-operated mine becomes big employer in Namibia》。
原文：SWAKOPMUND, Namibia, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Kerryb Puuahee, 31, is proud of breaking new ground in the male-dominated mine industry by becoming a female heavy equipment operator at a Namibian mine.
The young mother is a 330-ton haul truck operator at Husab Uranium Mine, one of China's biggest single investments in Africa. Her job entails loading ore from the pit onto the processing workshop.
"Driving this beautiful thing here is a lovely experience, which you know is something we never imagined one could do here," Puuahee said.
Puuahee said she joined the mining industry mainly because it presents more opportunities and allows one to grow quickly. Driven by this belief, she moved inland from the coastal town of Swakopmund to Arandis, which is near Husab mine, and joined the legion of job seekers when Husab mine began construction in 2013.
"Now Swakop Uranium (the company that owns Husab Uranium Mine) provides employment for a lot of people, so I think it's also a life changer for many people, especially the youth," Puuahee said.
The Husab mine is one of the biggest uranium mines in the world. Permanent employees at the mine were numbered at 1,620 by the end of 2017, in addition to 176 temporary employees and 522 contractors.
Husab became the largest employer in the country's mining industry in 2017, according to the Chamber of Mines CEO Veston Malango.
Cai Yusheng, CEO of Swakop Uranium, said more than 5,000 workers were at the construction site at peak time.
The mine's construction and operation have been credited for alleviating the employment pressure in the southern African nation, where unemployment rate reached 34 percent in 2016.
Among the praises it received was that from Namibian President Hage Geingob.
"You have impressed me with your huge investment. This is indeed a good investment. Taming the mountains and civilizing the desert. Namibia is proud to have you as our partner!" Geingob said this when visiting the mine in March 2016.
Husab mine produced its first uranium drum in December 2016. Cai said if full production is realized, the mine will process 15 million tons of ore, and has an output capacity of 6,500 tons of U3O8 a year.
Husab mine is also expected to promote Namibia's GDP growth by about 5 percent and increase the country's export volume by about 20 percent, making Namibia the third largest producer of uranium in the world, according to Cai.
The 4.8-billion-U.S.-dollar project in the Namib Desert is one of China's biggest single investments in Africa, which took four years to finish construction.
Many expectations have now been attached to the mine. Geingob, who visited the mine several times, also invited Zambian President Edgar Lungu and Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita there.
Lungu left a message on the scene praising the investment as "an expression of the Chinese people's commitment to Africa," while Keita was equally excited. "Long live the cooperation between the great Namibia and great China! Long live China-Africa cooperation!" said his message.
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