The district of Chonguene, in Gaza province, will have a port to facilitate the flow of mining production in the region, the Prime Minister, Adriano Maleiane announced.
The construction of the Chonguene port will be financed by the Chinese capital company Ding Sheng Minerals, which has been exploiting the heavy sands of Chibuto, a neighbouring district, since 2018.
“Ding Sheng Minerals needs an area that facilitates access to the sea and will make investments in Chonguene,” explained Adriano Maleiane, cited on Saturday, 27 August by Radio Mozambique.
The Chinese company is waiting for approval of the environmental impact studies to begin work,” Maleiane added, without giving the amount needed to build the port or the project’s timetable.
Ding Sheng Minerals has been operating in Chibuto district since 2018, when it set up a unit with capacity to process 10,000 tons of sand per day. The concession to Ding Sheng has a 25-year term and, during this period, it is expected to extract one million tonnes of ilmenite (titanium and iron oxide), as well as heavy sands, annually.