10.3 Project progress . The feasibility studies were completed in 2009 and the project will proceed to the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) once the approval has been obtained. . All aspects of Project Mthombo will be subject to a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) that will commence during the FEED Phase. . Final approval for investment, after FEED and a successful EIA, will be sought early in 2012. Thereafter, construction will commence and is planned to be completed by the end of 2015. The refinery will be commissioned during 2016.