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Cimentos de Maiaia signs coal deal with Vale

04 September 2018, Published under Cement News

Mozambique’s Cimentos de Maiaia has awarded Brazilian mining giant Vale the contract for its coal supply. The initial deal is for 600tpa of thermal coal from Vale’s mines in the western Mozambican province of Tete. “Every quarter we will take about 200t, and after a year of this contract we shall increase our capacity to use coal from Vale”, said the managing director of Cimentos de Maiaia, Chunjie Gou. The cement producer’s plant in Nacala Special Economic Zone was inaugurated three m...

Cimentos de Maiaia launches and aims to lower cement prices

06 June 2018, Published under Cement News

Cimentos de Maiaia has begun commerical operations in Mozambique. President Filipe Nyusi inaugurated Mozambique's third cement factory at the end of May. The Cimentos de Maiaia plant has a cement capacity of 0.25Mta and is located in the northern port of Nacala city. The production unit is 85 per cent Chinese owned and cost US$10.28m to build. Cimentos de Maiaia employs 48 local residents and 60 workers in total. It will make its own clinker instead of relying on imports. "Our immediate ...