Vale’s Moatize coal operation benefiting from increased production and transport capacity

Production at the Moatize coal mine, owned by Brazilian mining major Vale and located in the Tete province of Mozambique, hit a record of 5.5-million tons last year, 500 000 t (or 10.7%) higher than in 2015. This was composed of 3.5-million tons of metallurgical – or coking – coal and 2-million tons of thermal coal. Vale credited the increase to a number of operational improvements at the Moatize Phase I site and the start of operations by Moatize Phase II. The group reports that the Moatize II ramp-up is going well and that its production for 2016 amounted to 940 000 t.