At least eleven laboratories for checking the quality of food and seeds have been set up in Mozambique to "guarantee" that products reach the market without contaminants that endanger public health. The information was released this Monday on the sidelines of the first National Quality Conference, organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, through the...
The Mozambican Poultry Industry Association (AMIA) says it has a sufficient stock of chickens and eggs for the upcoming festive season. Even in the face of the avian influenza outbreak in South Africa and the associated restrictions, "we are confident in our ability to ensure the supply of chickens and eggs during...
Holders of Prospecting and Research Licenses for Mineral Resources in Niassa are at risk of losing their licenses due to inactivity and encouragement of illegal mining. For the time being, there are more than 40 companies in an idle situation, and they hold licenses in the districts of Marrupa, Lago and Sanga. Since they obtained their licenses...
The Indian group ICVL plans to invest more than 150 million dollars to double coal production in the concessions it holds in Mozambique to four million tons. Quoted by the Indian press and Lusa, Amarendru Prakash, chairman of the board of SAIL, one of the Indian state-owned companies in this consortium, said that the...
The Mozambican government announced on Monday that the French company SGS has won the international tender to control the quantities, prices and specifications of minerals extracted and exported from Mozambique. "The company will ensure the verification of specifications, prices and quantities of mining products," said the Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance, Amílcar Tivane,...
The manufacturing industry recorded an increase of 15.6% in the second quarter of this year, compared to the previous period, rising from 321.4 million to 371.8 million dollars, according to a report by the Bank of Mozambique. The data contained in the monthly report recently released by the Bank of Mozambique (BM), and quoted by the Profile portal, indicates...
Trials for the extraction and processing of heavy sands in the Pebane district of Zambézia province will begin next week. Sources from the mining company TZM Resources, S.A., the concessionaire for the project, do not give an exact date for the start, but assure "Notícias" that all the machines are already in place. According to the same sources, the...
The port of Pemba, in the province of Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, could increase its cargo handled with the start this month of exports of graphite extracted in the Balama district. Until now, this mineral, which is strategic for the production of batteries for electric cars, was shipped exclusively from Nacala, in neighboring...
The Australian company Triton Minerals (TON) has just been awarded a 25-year land concession to develop a graphite exploration project in Cabo Delgado province, 10 kilometers from the Balama graphite mine, where Syrah Ressources operates. The area called "Cobra Plains" has mineral resources estimated at 103...
A Saudi company, Jampur Moçambique, Lda, which operates in the district of Chókwè, Gaza province, is going to produce feed and fertilizer. The production aims to meet demand from the poultry and aquaculture industries, as part of a series of new projects being introduced to make better use of products from rice processing,...