Rio Tinto halts coal exports from project in Mozambique

Thursday, 27 June 2013 11:03:05 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

Global mining giant Rio Tinto has decided to suspend coal exports from its project in Tete province, Mozambique after Mozambique's opposition party Renamo threatened to disrupt the Sena railway, according to media reports.
 
Although there have been no attacks on the 600 km-long rail line connecting the coal fields in Tete province to the port of Beira, Rio Tinto halted its operations on the line due to security reasons. The miner said that production at its Benga coal mine in Mozambique continues.
 
Brazil-based Vale is also using the Sena railway for coal transports, while the company has said that it continues to use the line but has increased its security measures.

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