Mozambique

Mozambique LNG (Area 1)

Onshore liquefaction development on the Afungi peninsula processing gas from the Golfinho/Atum fields in Offshore Area 1 of the Rovuma Basin.

Capacity

12.88 mtpa initial (two trains)

Status

Onshore construction; project restarted after suspension

Coral South FLNG

Africa's first deepwater floating LNG facility, producing from the Coral reservoir in Offshore Area 4 of the Rovuma Basin.

Capacity

3.4 mtpa

Status

Producing — first LNG cargo exported in November 2022

Mozal Aluminium Smelter

Mozambique's largest industrial exporter, converting imported alumina into primary aluminium using hydro-based electricity.

Capacity

Approx. 580,000 tonnes per annum aluminium

Status

Operating; long-term electricity supply is the critical variable

Balama Graphite Operation

One of the world's largest natural graphite operations, supplying feedstock into the battery anode value chain.

Capacity

Natural flake graphite; see operator disclosures

Status

Operating with production rates managed to market conditions

Mphanda Nkuwa Hydropower

Planned Zambezi hydropower scheme intended to supply domestic industry and regional export markets via new transmission.

Capacity

Approx. 1,500 MW (announced)

Status

Development stage — structuring and partner selection

Mozambique petroleum licensing round (INP)

Competitive award of exploration and production concession contracts for offshore and onshore blocks. Terms, blocks and deadlines must be confirmed directly on the INP portal.

Mozambique LNG contractor and supplier registration

Local content and supplier registration channels for construction, logistics, catering, civil works and specialist services around the Afungi site.

Mozambique transmission backbone participation

Mphanda Nkuwa cannot deliver value without new high-voltage transmission, creating opportunities in EPC, financing and equipment supply.

Natural Gas & LNG

Africa's gas story runs through the Rovuma Basin, Nigeria, Egypt and Algeria, and is increasingly evaluated on liquefaction capacity rather than reserves.

Aluminium

Smelting is a power business. Africa's largest smelters — Mozal in Mozambique and Hillside in South Africa — depend on long-term electricity supply.

Graphite

Anode feedstock. Mozambique and Tanzania hold some of the largest natural flake graphite resources outside China.

Coal

South African thermal coal and Mozambican coking coal remain significant export earners and power-sector inputs.

From molecules to metal: can Mozambique convert gas into industry?

Mozambique's strategic question is not whether it can export LNG, but whether any of those molecules become domestic industrial capacity.

Country intelligence: Mozambique resource economy

Gas, graphite, coal, heavy sands and aluminium in one economy — and the infrastructure that determines whether they connect.

African liquefaction capacity: what is actually under construction

Separating announced capacity from sanctioned, financed and physically progressing capacity across Nigeria, Mozambique and Egypt.

Africa's critical minerals: concentrate exporter or materials producer?

Graphite, lithium, nickel and cobalt endowments are established. Processing location is the open question that determines value capture.

Why bauxite value addition keeps stalling

Alumina refining is capital-heavy and energy-intensive; the economics turn on long-term power price, not on ore availability.