reporting people and careers work with us now recruiting faqs our operations australia region africa region marketing investors and media exchange releases financial results reports and presentations media releases annual reporting suite key contacts share price events calendar annual general meeting image video library suppliers australia and africa region sourcing terms and conditions suppliers faqs mozal aluminium mozal aluminium south32 has a 47.1 per cent share of mozal aluminium while mitsubishi corporation metals holding gmbh holds 25 per cent industrial development corporation of south africa limited holds 24 per cent and the government of the republic of mozambique holds 3.9 per cent through preference shares . the mozal aluminium smelter was established in mozambique in july 1998 . backed by a us 2 billion investment the smelter was the largest private investment in the country and the first large foreign direct investment in mozambique . mozal uses aluminium pechiney ap35 technology to produce standard aluminium ingots . the smelting process involves the electrolytic reduction of alumina that has been dissolved in a molten electrolyte bath to produce liquid aluminium in specialised reaction vessels that are known as pots . mozal is the only aluminium smelter in mozambique and the second largest aluminium smelter in africa . mozal in partnership with other organisations established mozambique s linkages program mozlink in 2001 . the programme has resulted in training for more than 100 small and medium enterprises smes and more than 3 000 employees have directly benefited from its activities . participating smes which have shown an average revenue growth of 34 per cent in total annual turnover during the past three years have been enabled to generate more than us 30 million in revenue . midal mozambique s first downstream aluminium industry has been receiving aluminium from mozal since october 2014 . mozal remains the largest industrial employer in mozambique and delivers a significant contribution to the mozambican economy . history the original site selected for the mozal aluminium smelter was occupied by families living on small farms . the first contact established whether these villagers would accept relocation providing they received adequate compensation and new dwellings . with the goal of minimising negative impacts on the local environment the relocation operation was carried out and closely supervised . by june 1998 massive earthmovers had cleared untamed bush in beluluane for the mozal aluminium site . on 13 january 1999 mozal aluminium s former chairman tightened the first ceremonial bolt on pot room a s steelwork signalling the beginning of major construction . 25 000 tons of structural steel skeleton reinforced by 208 000m2 of aluminium cladding was erected . once cutting edge instrumentation was installed 235 000m3 of concrete and 25 kms of roads were laid as infrastructure over an area the size of 340 soccer fields . during phase 1 construction of the new berth at the port of matola took place which included a new access road and bridge that connects to the maputo corridor . to ensure the efficient delivery of raw materials to the plant an additional ship unloader an alumina silo a liquid pitch facility and conveyor system modifications were all constructed at the harbour . the mozal aluminium smelter was officially opened on 21 september 2000 . the expansion of the mozal aluminium smelter was approved in june 2001 . mozal aluminium phase ii involved the construction of a second potline ultimately doubling the capacity of the smelter . it was completed in 26 months from go ahead in june 2001 to full commissioning of all 288 pots in august 2003 seven months ahead of schedule and us 195 million under budget . the mozal aluminium smelter expansion was officially opened on 8 october 2003 . on 15th february 2013 an agreement between mozal aluminium and midal was signed marking a critical milestone in the history of mozal . this was the beginning of mozal aluminium s participation and contribution to the local downstream industry by supplying aluminium ingots . the agreement was testimony of mozal aluminium s commitment to developing local downstream industries with significant impact on the local economy . leadership danie murray asset president mozal danie began his career in crude oil refining as a process engineer at natref a crude oil refinery jointly owned by sasol and total . in 1994 he joined bhp billiton working at the hillside aluminium smelter where he was involved in the start up of the smelter in the position of reduction process superintendent . in 1999 he moved to mozambique where he spent five years from the start up of the mozal smelter as part of the operations leadership team . he was accountable for the maintenance department as well as a few production department manager roles . thereafter he spent two years in a supply and government liaison role after which he moved back to the bayside smelter . two years on he moved into a csg corporate role as the global business improvement manager to lead the bi function for the aluminium csg . as a project director he completed a project that involved the integration of the hillside and bayside casthouse as well as a public infrastructure project involving the building of a bridge across a public highway linking the two operations . in june 2011 he took up the role of general manager at the bayside smelter and in august 2012 he was appointed to his current role as asset president of mozal . danie is a chemical engineering graduate from the university of stellenbosch and received his mba from the edinburgh business school of heriot watt university . community mozal aluminium established the mozal community development trust mcdt in 2000 . enabled by an investment that exceeded us 34 million the trust developed 200 projects and provided a governance framework for the community projects to address multiple challenges in the region . it supports the community in the boane district through micro business development education and training health and environment sports and culture and community infrastructure . in line with the principles of sustainability the trust focuses on assisting the community to generate income on a continuous basis and improve living conditions . it aims to provide access to health care water sanitation and education in an effort to alleviate poverty levels . through this initiative mozal aluminium has built eleven schools and trained teachers . the south32 asset has helped to build a secondary school and a technical institute to assist children from the community . it has also helped to refurbish five local clinics and provided finance to farmer s associations who previously produced only 300 kg of food per year per family . through mcdt aid these associations now produce a minimum of 2 tons of food per family . the mcdt has co financed the malaria control programme in partnership with the lebombo spatial development initiative which is a joint venture programme with the government of mozambique swaziland and south africa aimed at eradicating malaria in the region . as a result the infection rate has since reduced dramatically by approximately 80 per cent . contact mozal aluminium beluluane industrial park boane district maputo mozambique phone 258 21 735700 fax 258 21 735780 useful tools social linkedintwitter legal notice privacyterms & conditionsaccessiblity sitemapcontact south32