Southern African Development Community

<p>The project involves the construction of a new coal terminal at Beira port. A 50 ha site has been set aside for this purpsoe. The terminal is intended to process export coal mined by Brazilian group Vale and Anglo-Australian group Rio Tinto.</p>

<p>Reconstruction of the cargo and passenger transport system on the Beira-Machipanda railway line, linking the provinces of Sofala and Manica to neighbouring Zimbabwe, via the Machipanda border post, will once again allow people and goods to travel, particularly rural workers along the Beira corridor. This section of railway is of particular importance to Mozambique as it is expected to offer greater dynamism to the strategy of linking different development hubs in the country and neighbouring regions, and improve efficiency in transporting passengers and cargo between points along the railway.</p>

<p>The proposed interconnector involves the construction of power transmission lines from the proposed Baynes Hydropower Plant in Lower Kunene, Namibia, to link to the national power grid of Angola. While this leg of the&Acirc; project focuses on the section in Angola, it forms part of the broader project which is in Namibia.</p>