Direcção Naçional de Minas

National Directorate of Mining

Restructuring the Public Sector

Economic changes that have been taking place over the past decade are amied at structural adjustment of the economy, so there has been a need to adequate the state mining companies to this new reality.
In this context the Government has and will continue to pursue the policy of restructuring and privatization of the mining sector.

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• Rare earth minerals of Morrua, Muiane and Marropino mines in the Zambeze province.
• Marble quarries in Montpuez, in Cabo Delgado province.
• Gold mines in the Manica province, development of new mines in the Niassa and Tete provinces.
• Gemstone mines in Nampula, Zambeze, Niassa and Cabo Delgado provinces.
• Increase production and local use of bauxite in the Aluvian mines of Manica.
• Increase production of graphite from Ancuabe in the Cabo Delgado province.
• Promotion of the rehabilitation and extension of Moatize coal production. Iron ore exploration
• Initiation of heavy mineral production from the Angoche (Nampula province), Chibuto (Gaza province) and Moabane (Zambeze province) deposits.
  

Development in the Mining Sector

The following objectives have been established by the Government of Mozambique:

• Increase Mining Production.
• Increase export of mineral products.
• Promotion of basic geological exploration activities with objective of creating a reliable geological information and mapping database.
• Institutional Development such as: Mining Legislation, Environmental Assessment, Mining Training of human resources at all levels in order to increase efficiency in the sector.