<p>Mozambique was hit by Tropical cyclone Ana earlier last week, impacting coal exports. The Nacala railway servicing Vale’s Moatize mine was briefly shut after being flooded. A village near the mine was also flooded and workers were unable to get to the mine to work. Brazilian mining major Vale has ended the force majeure on its coal shipments from its Moatize operation in Mozambique. The miner had imposed force majeure from 26 January due to disruption on the Nacala railway servicing the mine in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Ana. The force majeure covered around five-six cargoes each of 75,000 tonnes of thermal and metallurgical coal. The company is understood to have slowed mining operations in response to the delays, but is hoping to make up for the lost tonnages later this month and through March.</p><p>Vale’s Mozambican operations have the capacity to produce 22 million tonnes of thermal and mainly mid-vol met coal annually. Vale is in the process of selling the assets to India’s Jindal Steel & Power. The deal is pending Mozambican government approval.</p>
<p>Mozambique was hit by Tropical cyclone Ana earlier last week, impacting coal exports. The Nacala railway servicing Vale’s Moatize mine was briefly shut after being flooded. A village near the mine was also flooded and workers were unable to get to the mine to work. Brazilian mining major Vale has ended the force majeure on its coal shipments from its Moatize operation in Mozambique. The miner had imposed force majeure from 26 January due to disruption on the Nacala railway servicing the mine in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Ana. The force majeure covered around five-six cargoes each of 75,000 tonnes of thermal and metallurgical coal. The company is understood to have slowed mining operations in response to the delays, but is hoping to make up for the lost tonnages later this month and through March.</p><p>Vale’s Mozambican operations have the capacity to produce 22 million tonnes of thermal and mainly mid-vol met coal annually. Vale is in the process of selling the assets to India’s Jindal Steel & Power. The deal is pending Mozambican government approval.</p>
