Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM), in Cabo Delgado, announced today the death of an illegal miner died after the collapse of a mine in its concession area. According to a statement issued by MRM, the man died while illegally exploiting an artisanal mine, at 04:00, along with three other garimpeiros, one of them only...
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Oil returns to gains on prospect of fewer stocks
"Black gold" prices returned to gains this Tuesday, buoyed by the prospect of a tightening of inventories around the world. Still, forecasts of an increase in global production in the coming months and fears surrounding the rise of covid cases in Europe are holding back further momentum from the...
APIEX promotes Mozambican products at the Intra-African Trade Fair in Durban
Mozambique is participating since Monday in the second edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF), which runs until next Sunday in Durban, South Africa. Through the Export Promotion Agency (APIEX), Mozambique is taking several national products to the fair. The African Union initiative is promoted in partnership with...
Government confiscates a ton of crab and fish caught in closed season
The national surveillance authorities have just seized more than a ton of crab and dried fish, products caught during the current closed season. According to the head of the inspection sector of the Provincial Services of Economic Activities in Zambezia, Augusto Dongo, the seizure occurred this Monday, after denunciations made by popular on the Zalala Beach. For such, that ...
Government has funds for National Vaccination Plan
The National Director of Planning and Budget at the Ministry of Economy and Finance has made it known that government partners have been securing more support for the implementation of this plan. According to Momed Piaraly, the state still has money to continue implementing the National Vaccination Plan against Covid-19, which runs throughout the...
Government wants to create a single table to display the remuneration of State employees and agents
The Minister of Economy and Finance said this Monday that the government wants to harmonize the display of salaries of employees and agents of the state and other public servants taking into account the specific careers. According to Adriano Maleiane, who was speaking this Monday in the Parliamentary Committee around the proposed laws that define the Rules and...
ADB provides 2.5M$ for SME development in Mozambique
The African Development Bank (ADB) has just announced a funding of 2.5 million dollars, aimed at the development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), focusing on women led businesses in the natural resources sector in Mozambique. This is a support channeled to the Institute for the Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (IPEME) from the...
FIPAG aims to reduce the level of water losses in Maputo by 20%
The Water Supply Investment and Property Fund (FIPAG) is investing, through the Accelerated and Integrated Loss Reduction Program (PAIRP), about US$ 240 million in order to reduce water losses in the Maputo Metropolitan Region. Currently, water losses in this point, which includes the capital city...
China to approve first covid-19 drug in December
China has assured that it will approve next month the first drug against covid-19 developed by a Chinese pharmaceutical company. The drug is based on the use of monoclonal antibodies, capable of neutralizing the virus. According to Chinese state media, the treatment is the result of joint research between Tsinghua University, the People's Hospital...
UN Women trains more than 900 women under the Peace and Development Project
A total of 960 women from Sofala province were this Monday graduated in different vocational areas under the Peace and Development Project. This action promoted by UN Women is based on the training of women living in armed conflict zones in different areas of economic activity. According to the Program Officer of...