Mozambique: Investors Fined for Environmental Crimes

Maputo — The Mozambican authorities have fined Chinese investors 14.5 million meticais (about 227,500 US dollars)for their attempts to set up a cement factory in Chibabava district, in the central province of Sofala, without obtaining the necessary environmental licence.

According to a report in Thursday’s issue of the independent daily “O Pais’, this decision follows an investigation which found that the Chinese company Shun Xin Yuan Africa Investment had pushed ahead with its cement projects…