The renewable energy producer says the power generating facility, at an electronics factory, is the largest one it has installed on a customer’s premises.
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The Mozambican writer was speaking at her awards ceremony in Lisbon, deferred since 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The two sides will discuss “issues on the bilateral agenda”, with a discussion on the Ukraine war also a possibility.
The promise was made by Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in Maputo on the final leg of an African tour.
The neodymium-praseodymium extracted from the mine is used in the making of magnets for electric vehicle motors.
The government says the scheme is intended to boost tourism and business travel to the country, one of the fastest growing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The new facility will be located in Chongoene and will handle shipments of so-called ‘heavy sands’ to China, the biggest market for Mozambique’s minerals.
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is the first Portuguese leader to hint at contrition for imperialism but he offered no specifics on a formal apology or reparations.
Beijing municipality, a huge trading entity in its own right, has seen a robust recovery in trade volumes driven by emerging economies.