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Mozambique To Build New Coal Railway Line To Ship Coal Mine From Moatize Mines To Nacala Port


Mozambique’s government has announced that it has secured $500m (£313m) to build a new railway line.
The transport minister said the new line will link the coal-rich northern Moatize mines to Nacala port by 2015.
He said funding from the Dutch and Danish government as well as the European Union meant construction could start in two months.

Africa Coal Mining Group Plans Coal Exports Of Cooperation With South Africa


Coal of Africa has coal mining exploration sites in the area of South Africa, including Mooiplaats, Vele and Makhado. To perform the export of coal, Coal of Africa are planning collaboration with South African companies that have certain groups that can use rail transport of coal from the mine site.

Coal Mining Company, Botswana Consider Using Matola Port To Export Coal Mine


The Botswana mining authorities are considering the possibility of using the port of Matola, in the Mozambican province of Maputo, to export coal produced in the country, said Kgomotso Abi, Botswana’s director of Mines.

Mozambique Reports Mining Exploration and Mining Industry Sector Q3 2008


The mining industry of Mozambique is forecast to log an average growth of 9.2% during 2008-2012 and be valued at US$0.38bn in 2012.
The outlook for Mozambique’s mining sector remains bright, with the national director of Mining Resources, Fatima Momade, stating that the mining and oil sectors should be the primary drivers behind GDP growth hitting [...]

Mining Exploration and Oil Sector Driver Behing GDP Growth in Momzambique


Mozambique government targets in the year 2010, 15% earnings of economics Mozambique stems from mining exploration and development sectorl. Therefore government mozambique gives full backing at activity of exploration and invesment at mine sector.
Following is growth report of exploration of mine in Mozambique during 2008,
The national director of Mining Resources, Fatima Momade, reported :
July [...]

Aeromag Data Confirms Strong Diamond Targets on Pan African Mining Corp.’s Botswana Licenses


PAN AFRICAN MINING CORP. (the “Company”) is pleased to report that reprocessed geophysics data, generated by independent geophysical contractor Scott Hogg & Associates Ltd. of Toronto (”SHA”), has confirmed strong diamond targets on the Company’s license area in Botswana. As previously reported in May, two blocks of Prospecting Licenses in Ngamiland, Botswana encompassing a combined [...]

Mozambique: Analysis of Moatize Viability Study Concluded


An inter-ministerial technical commission set up by the Zambezi Valley Planning Office (GPZ) on Thursday concluded its analysis of the viability study into the coal exploitation project for Moatize, in the western Mozambican province of Tete, reports Friday’s issue of the Maputo daily “Noticias”.
The Brazilian mining giant, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), won the [...]

Newcastle & Richards Bay coal exports fall in 2006


The world`s two biggest coal export terminals, Newcastle in Australia and Richards Bay in South Africa, both saw export volumes fall in 2006 – despite forecasts that volumes would increase.
Both ports cited falling supplies of raw materials to the terminals and a belief that transport infrastructure feeding into the ports was operating at close to [...]

Vale May Produce More Coal Than Forecast at Mozambique Mine


Cia. Vale do Rio Doce may produce 26 million tons of coal annually, more than forecast in August, at its planned Moatize mine in Mozambique, a government official said.
Vale, based in Rio de Janeiro, released its feasibility study into the project this week, Antonio Manhica, an official with the government’s interministerial commission on the project [...]