The Brazilian mining company Vale has announced that it intends to produce 1.5 million tonnes of coal this year from its open cast mine at Moatize, in the western Mozambican province of Tete.
29 June, 2011
Beacon Hill ready to send coal to Beira in July
The British company Beacon Hill Resources on Wednesday announced that it has begun to produce export grade coking coal from its open cast mine at Moatize, in the western Mozambican province of Tete.
24 June, 2011
New business leadership takes office
The new leadership of the Confederation of Mozambican Business Associations (CTA), elected on 16 June, took office in Maputo on Thursday, and promised to continue the work of their predecessors.
24 June, 2011
Ncondezi to begin exporting coal in 2014
The British based coal company Ncondezi has announced that it hopes to begin exporting coal from its concession in the western Mozambican province of Tete in the second half of 2014.
14 June, 2011
Indian company plans iron and steel terminal at Beira
The Indian conglomerate Essar Global is planning to build what could be the world’s longest slurry pipeline from its iron mines in Zimbabwe to the Mozambican port of Beira, according to the financial services company “Securities Africa”.
14 June, 2011
Anadarko seeking natural gas
The piece of grey sandstone in my hands does not look very special – but it is 40 million years old, and came from about three and a half kilometres under my feet. I am standing on the deck of the drilling vessel, the “Belford Dolphin” about 30 kilometres east of the small northern
8 June, 2011
Maputo receives over 300,000 tourists annually
More than 300,000 tourists visit the Mozambican capital of Maputo each year, bringing in revenue of about $95 million.
8 June, 2011
Tourism generates over 4,000 jobs in Maputo city
Tourism in Maputo city generated 4,116 direct jobs last year, according to figures released by the Maputo Tourism Observatory, based on projections from the Study of Value Chain 2009.
6 June, 2011
Licences for heavy sands combined
The London-based company Pathfinder Minerals has announced that the Mozambican Ministry of Mineral Resources has notified it that the Ministry intends to combine into one licence the two separate licences currently held by Pathfinder in the central province of Zambezia.
2 June, 2011
Globe Metals announces rare earth finds
The Australia-based company Globe Metals and Mining has released encouraging results from its exploration for rare earths in the western Mozambican province of Tete.
4 September, 2017
Over twenty thousand farmers benefit from mechanisation programme
From October 2016 to July this year, 21,045 Mozambican farmers benefitted from tractors to plough their lands, and other technological packages to improve agricultural production and productivity.
2 September, 2017
Moatize – Macuse project to begin in late 2018
The Mozambican Ministry of Transport and Communications announced in Maputo on 1 September that the construction of a new railway from the western province of Tete to Macuse, on the coast of Zambezia province, should begin in late 2018, and be concluded in the first quarter of 2021.
23 August, 2017
Five billion meticais for road maintenance
The Ministry of Public Works expects to spend five billion meticais on routine road maintenance this year.
30 June, 2011
