Vale SA, the world’s biggest iron-ore producer, and Tata Steel Ltd, India’s largest steel maker, are involved in coal-mining viability studies in northern Mozambique, a government official said.
The companies were evaluating the potential of the Manhamba basin in Mozambique’s northern Niassa province, about 3,000 km from the capital, Maputo, which the government estimates has more than 3 million metric tonnes of coal reserves, Niassa provincial governor Arnaldo Bimbe said.
Bimbe said that in addition to the Manhamba basin, there are “indications” of coal deposits in the Majune district, about 100 km east of Niassa province’s capital, Lichinga.
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