Expansion of the water supply system in the cities of Maputo and Matola and the neighbouring town of Boane, will more than double the number of people benefiting from piped water from the current 670,000 to 1.5 million, according to Mozambique's Minister of Public Works, Cadmiel Muthemba.
23 June, 2010
Sweden to finance dam rehabilitation
The Mozambican and Swedish governments on Wednesday in Maputo signed an agreement under which Sweden will provide a grant of $33 million to rehabilitate the Mavuzi and Chicamba hydro-electric power stations in the central Mozambican province of Manica.
22 June, 2010
Prince Harry visits demining operations
Prince Henry of Wales (usually referred to as Prince Harry), the third in line to the British throne, on Sunday visited operations of the British mine clearance charity, the Halo Trust, in the western Mozambican province of Tete.
14 June, 2010
Contract signed for coal handling plant at Benga
The Australian company Sedgman Ltd has signed a contract for $80 million to install a coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP) at Benga, in the western Mozambican province of Tete.
11 June, 2010
Beira port dredging to start in July
Mozambique's publicly owned ports and rail company, CFM, has announced that the emergency dredging of the access channel to the port of Beira, the berths and the turning basins, as well as land reclamation work for the future Beira coal terminal, will begin in July.
11 June, 2010
British company raising funds for coal exploration
On Thursday the Ncondezi Coal Company floated on the London Stock Exchange, raising $52 million to be spent on developing four coal exploration areas in the western Mozambican province of Tete.
3 June, 2010
Modernising Maputo port to cost $750 million
A plan to modernise and improve Maputo port, notably through deepening the access channel and the anchorages, has been costed at about $750 million over the next 20 years.
Mozambique Rovuma Venture (MRV), a consortium owned by the Italian energy company ENI, the US oil and gas giant ExxonMobil, and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), on 8 October announced its initial investment decision that includes the construction of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) pl
8 October, 2019
80 gas powered buses to enter service
As from February 2020, a further 80 buses powered by compressed natural gas will enter service in the Greater Maputo Metropolitan Area.
4 October, 2019
Maputo water shortage addressed
The Mozambican Minister of Public Works, Joao Machatine, on 3 October pledged that the problem of water shortages in the Greater Maputo area will be definitively solved by August 2020.
30 June, 2010
