Matutine Cement Plant

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Matutine Cement Plant is an integrated cement plant operating in Matutine, Maputo, Mozambique.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Matutine, Maputo, Mozambique:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): -26.394317, 32.651943 (exact)

Background

Displacement

In 2011 when the plans for the cement plant were released, residents and an environmental group expressed concern over the displacement of 232 households, who were supposed to be given $62 to relocate away from their livelihoods and burial grounds. The new homes families were relocated to are unable to fit every family member comfortably as it was originally for foreign workers. The water source for the community is controlled by Dugongo who only fills it up once a month but it only typically lasts for a week. The company was also required to undergo social and environmental assessments but no evidence of this was found to have happened.

Labor Rights

Workers experienced inhumane working conditions during the 2020 Covid lockdown, when the company used the pandemic to exploit them. A local news report even highlighted that the country never truly shutdown, implying that the lockdown was just to get profits up after a delayed start up. About 300 workers were trapped inside the plant unable to get out to see their family and if they did, they would be fired. For a 12 hour day, employees are paid $3-$4 with no break included unless they worked an extra hour.

Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type	Plant status	Start date
integrated	Operating	2021

Table 2: Ownership Details

Additional information including parent company references and full ownership trees available at the Global Energy Ownership Tracker.

Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner name	Owner company GEM ID
Western International Holdings Ltd [unknown%]	E100002006424 [unknown%]	Moçambique Dugongo Cimentos SA [100.0%] (Moçambique Dugongo Cimentos,S.A. [100%] (Portuguese))	E100002006423 [100.0%]

Table 3: Capacities

Cement capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Clinker capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Unspecified capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)
2	>0	–

Table 4: Cement Production

Primary cement color	Primary cement type	Production type
unknown	unknown	dry

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Additional data

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