. mozal type private company industry aluminium founded 1998 headquarters maputo mozambique products aluminium products aluminium alloys revenue us 2 billion 2006 number of employees 1 024 2006 website http www.south32.net mozal is an aluminium smelter joint project in beluluane industrial park maputo mozambique . 1 the project is a smelting facility that began operations as a producer of aluminium exclusively for export . the smelter is located 20 kilometres 12 mi west of the city of maputo in the south of the country . mozal was a joint venture between bhp billiton 47.1 percent mitsubishi corp. 25 percent industrial development corp. of south africa 24 percent and the government of mozambique 3.9 percent . 2 the project began life in 1998 as part of a recovery programme led by the mozambican government s active desire for foreign investment to help rebuild the nation after the country s civil war in the early 1990s . 3 the mozal smelter was officially opened in september 2000 . it was the first major foreign investment in mozambique and is the biggest private sector project in the country . originally commissioned as a 250 ktpa 250 000 ton per annum smelter mozal was followed by an extension mozal ii in 2003 04 and it is now the largest aluminium producer in mozambique and the second largest in africa having a total annual production of around 580 000 tons . it is responsible for 30 percent of the country s official exports and also uses 45 percent of the electricity produced in mozambique . 4 in february 2013 mozal signed an agreement under which it will supply 50 000 tonnes of aluminium to midal one of the world s largest manufacturers of aluminium cables . midal is to set up a factory in mozambique and use aluminium ingots produced at the mozal smelter as its raw material . this is the first time that aluminium produced by mozal will be used in mozambique as up until this agreement mozal exclusively exported its aluminium . 5 bhp billiton holdings were demerged into south32 . 6 references edit mozal overview mozambique mozal 2008 archived from the original on april 30 2008 cs1 maint unfit url link aluminium and nickel bhp billiton aluminium business and regional development japan mitsubishi corp. 2012 tran mark 8 january 2013 written at london mozambique smelting profits should not fill foreign coffers say campaigners england the guardian mozal aluminium to be used in mozambican industry africa allafrica.com 2013 bhp billiton demerger . www.bhpbilliton.com . retrieved 2015 06 18 . horizontal tab character in title at position 19 help external links edit home page coordinates 25 54 55 s 32 24 47 e 25.91528 s 32.41306 e 25.91528 ; 32.41306 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mozal & oldid 713309125 categories aluminium companiesaluminium smelterscompanies of mozambiquehidden categories cs1 maint unfit urlcs1 errors invisible characterscoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschnederlands suomi edit links this page was last modified on 3 april 2016 at 06 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view