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Mozambican shrimp production in 2016 expected to be close to last year’s level

11 January 2016

Production of shrimp, one of Mozambique's main exports, this year should be around 3,000 tons, which is similar to the amount planned for 2015, said a source from the Ministry of Fisheries. The source also told Mozambican daily newspaper Notícias, it would be unwise to increase the shrimp catch from the Sofala bank, which is the richest shrimp fishing area in the country, and therefore the fishing quotas had been kept the same as last year.

Capacity of Sena railroad in Mozambique increases to 20 million tons per year

11 January 2016

Works to increase the capacity of the Sena railway line from 6.5 million to 20 million tons per year should be completed in the first half of 2016, said the provincial director for Transport and Commu…

Mozambican company continues to farm giant shrimp

8 January 2016

Mozambique's Aquapesca company will continue to produce giant shrimp through aquaculture with the creation of genetically modified larvae immune to the white spot virus, said lab technician Sidónio Juda Chan. In 2011, the French-owned company was forced to suspend shrimp production indefinitely after the virus almost completely wiped out the shrimp in the company's aquaculture ponds in Inhassunge, in Zambézia province.

Mozambique cleans four polluted rivers

8 January 2016

Four of the six rivers polluted by artisanal mining in Manica province, central Mozambique have been cleaned after an operation involving various services that took 10 months, said the spokesman for the Manica provincial government. Estêvão Rupela said that coordinated action by the Environmental and Wildlife Force, the public security police and the department of mineral resources made it possible to clean the areas devastated by artisanal miners who extract unregulated gold, which is then washed and processed with mercury and sodium borate in the rivers.

Families in Mozambique spend US$147 per month

6 January 2016

Households in Mozambique spend an average of 6,924 meticais (US$147) per month, equivalent to 1,406 meticais per person, according to figures from the Household Budget Survey (HBS) for 2014/2015. The statistical data collection for this survey, whose results were released a few days ago in Maputo, was conducted across the country from 7 August, 2014 to 15 August 2015.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries shrinks 25 pct from January to November

6 January 2016

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries experienced a real contraction of US$31.674 billion from January to November 2015 compared to the same period of 2014, according to official figur…

Germany grants loan to Mozambique to improve power supply

5 January 2016

Germany will grant a loan of 29 million euros to Mozambique to support projects aimed at improving the electricity supply in the country, state power company Electricidade de Moçambique (EdM) said Monday in a statement. EdM also said that of that amount, 20 million euros would be invested in the Mozambique/Malawi power transmission line and the remaining 9 million euros would finance the state's short-term investment plan.

Coal begins to be exported soon via the port of Nacala, Mozambique

4 January 2016

Trains loaded with coal which will link Moatize, in Mozambique's Tete province to the port of Nacala, in Nampula province, should start circulating soon, the provincial director for Transport and Communications of Tete said. Romeo Sandoca told Mozambican news agency AIM that everything was in place for the start of the transport of coal mined in the province, "given that the railway line is fit for the purpose, having been inspected and tested in November, when the first shipment of coal was carried to the port of Nacala."

Mozambique needs US$100 million to create Nacala-Porto industrial duty free area

14 May 2012

The Mozambican government needs US$100 million for the project to create the Nacala-Porto duty free industrial area, in the northern province of Nampula, the minister for Planning and Development, Aiuba Cuereneia said in Nacala. According to Mozambican news agency AIM, the minster said that the investment was needed to build the power transmission lines, water … Continue reading

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