Vale Mocambique Sends 1 million mt of Coal to Port of Beira PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 28 June 2012 16:52
Mozambican subsidiary of Brazilian mining company Vale has so far sent 1 million metric tons (mt) of coal mined in Tete province along the Sena Railroad to the Port of Beira. According to Notícias, carrying the 1 million mt of coal mined by Vale Moçambique in the Moatize district involved a fleet of 32 trains, 638 rail trucks and a logistics structure including 260 workers. Figures provided by the newspaper showed that Vale Moçambique, which uses a train with two engines and 42 trucks to carry it coal, contributing to improving Mozambique’s balance of trade and its GDP. According to projections, more than 5 million mt of coal from Moatize, 4 million from Vale Moçambique and 1 million from Rio Tinto, will be carried this year along the Sena Railroad headed for the Asian, European and African markets. Rio Tinto, which mines at Benga in Tete province, recently sent its first two trains loaded with coal to the Port of Beira.