Rai Coast District is a district in the southeast of Madang Province

Madang Province

Madang is a province on the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea. The province has many of the country's highest peaks, active volcanoes and its biggest mix of languages...

 in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province.

Basamuk nickel processing plant

Construction of a nickel processing plant for the Ramu Nickel Project, majority owned by the China Metallurgical Group Corporation

China Metallurgical Group Corporation

China Metallurgical Group Corporation , , is a state-owned enterprise in Beijing, China, engaging in EPC , natural resources exploitation, papermaking, equipment fabrication, real estate development...

, commenced in 2006 in Basamuk Bay, on the Rai Coast between Astrolabe Bay

Astrolabe Bay

Astrolabe Bay is a large body of water off the south coast of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, located at . It is a part of the Bismarck Sea and stretches from the Cape Iris in the south to the Cape Croisilles to the north. It was discovered in 1827 by Jules Dumont d'Urville and named after his...

 and Saidor. The project is projected to become operational in 2010.