Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has inaugurated two production lines for the heavy sands investment by Ding Sheng Minerals and called for more investments in the Chibuto district in the southern province of Gaza.
With the official launch of the two new production lines, Ding Sheng Minerals has reached a production capacity of more than 1.8 million tonnes of titanium and zirconium ore products per year, according to the Chinese company’s representative, Lin Wenwen.
Nyusi saw the mineral sand samples on display and visited the production facilities at one of the mining sites.
Nyusi hailed the successful operation of the project and said the measures taken by Ding Sheng to protect the environment in the mining area and benefit the local communities were commendable.
He was referring to the re-settlement houses and the processing centre that could provide tap water for 200,000 residents, among other facilities that were built by the company.
“We are sure that due to the magnitude of this venture, the Chibuto region will become a development hub with the infrastructure to be developed for other economic activities in the chain of operations and logistics of heavy sands projects,” said the president.
Nyusi said the project created some 3,000 jobs for Mozambican and foreign workers during its construction while expressing thanks to China for bringing investments to his country.
The president highlighted that Mozambique has rich and diverse mineral resources and that together with other projects in the sector, the Chibuto project will contribute to state coffers and the growth of the gross domestic product.
“We’ve been working together with the Chinese government to see if we can mobilise more investors for the Chibuto area, which in the future will be an excellent industrial centre,” said Nyusi.
