Mozambique on Tuesday signed memorandums covering proposed investments worth US$4.2 billion in mineral resource processing plants in Nacala-Porto, Nampula province, in the north of the country.
The memoranda cover projects related to graphite, copper, gemstones, silica sand, quartz and other mineral resources. They were signed with the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) on the sidelines of the Annual Conference on Mineral Value Addition and Development (CAVAME-d).
Among the proposals is one from Nacala Resources, Lda., which plans to establish a spherical graphite processing plant in Nacala-a-Velha, Nampula province.
Auromoz, Lda. proposes a gemstone cutting and polishing facility in Manica province.
Chiteng Mining plans to establish a copper processing plant in Moatize, Tete province.
Nova Investimentos is associated with the establishment of a silica sand processing plant for glass production in Marracuene, Maputo province.
Meanwhile, Zhijiang Sanning Energy Co., Ltd proposes the establishment of four processing plants for graphite, titanium, zircon and hafnium in the Nacala region.
The list also includes Nacala Park Management Co., Lda., whose proposal provides for the establishment of four mineral processing and advanced materials plants along the Nacala Corridor.
Kunyan Crystech New Materials Technology Dalian Company Limited is associated with an industrial quartz processing project for applications in new energy technologies.
In the 3T minerals segment — tin, tantalum and tungsten — Grand Ganges Exploration & Mining has submitted a proposal to add value to these resources.
Sandare Resources, S.A. is associated with a proposal to establish a gemstone processing plant in the Nampula–Nacala-a-Velha area.
RH Cimentos, S.A. proposes a quartz sand processing plant in Nacala.
Vulcan Mozambique appears on the list with projects related to coal in Moatize, Tete province.
ZLG Oasis, in turn, has proposed an iron smelting initiative associated with fluorite in Manica province.
The memorandums cover mineral resource processing projects in different regions of the country, with proposals to establish industrial plants serving various segments of the mining value chain.
Source: AIM Moçambique