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Mozambique: More than 25,000 tons of titanium ore stuck in Chibuto
2:11 CAT | 08 Aug 2022
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More than 25,000 tons of titanium ore are in storage in Chibuto awaiting the construction of a dock in Chongoene to enable their export by sea. The ore has an assured market in China and Europe, but cannot yet be exported because the province of Gaza does not have a dock capable of loading and exporting it.
The Secretary of State for Gaza, Amosse Macamo, who visited the ongoing project last week, is confident of the project’s imminent environmental impact approval – the “only constraint right now”, he says.
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Macamo remarked that a feasibility study carried out by Ding Sheng Minerals showed that export via the Port of Maputo, which would be feasible at this time, increased costs. Export by sea from Gaza was therefore preferable; “an environmental impact study was conducted and all recommendations have already been fulfilled. Therefore, we are waiting for the approval of the licence for the construction of the dock so that the shipping can be carried out”.
Amosse Macamo said he had received assurances from company officials that, by the end of September, two processing units would be completed, increasing daily production capacity to 20 tonnes.
He said that, when the processing units were completed, the Chibuto heavy sands project would guarantee “the largest production in the world”. In terms of manpower, this would mean an additional 350 jobs over the current 850, 160 of which are local.
Also according to Macamo, the construction of the remaining eight processing units depends, to a large extent, on the approval of the dock construction permit.
According to the initial plans, estimated at US$400 million, Ding Sheng Minerals will install two ore processing plants which should, at the peak of production, employ around 5,000 permanent workers, of which 80% will be Mozambican nationals.
The implementation of the heavy sands project has seen the relocation of about 30 families to a new residential area with a school, a health centre and a police station.
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Source: Notícias
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