About Mozal
BHP Billiton operates the Mozal aluminium smelter located 17 kilometres from Maputo in Mozambique.
BHP Billiton has a 47.1 per cent interest in the joint venture. The other partners are: Mitsubishi Coporation (25 per cent), Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (24 per cent), and the Government of Mozambique (3.9 per cent).
The Mozal aluminium smelter uses Aluminium Pechiney AP35 technology to produce standard aluminium ingots. Our Worsley refinery in Western Australia supplies alumina to the operation. Mozal also developed and operates a dedicated berth and other port terminal facilities at Matola, the port of Maputo.
Mozal 1, the US$1.34 billion development which was launched in 1998, was the biggest single project investment ever made in Mozambique. The smelter was successfully completed six months ahead of schedule and more than US$100 million under budget. It was officially opened on 29 September 2000.
The Mozal 2 expansion project was approved in June 2001 and expanded the output of the smelter from 253 000 to 506 000 tpa of primary ingots. The first aluminium was cast at the expansion project on 7 April 2003. Mozal 2 was fully commissioned in August 2003 was completed below the budget of US$860 million.
On October 2007, Mozal achieved 3,000,000 tonnes of sales.
Key milestones
20 August 2003 Last pot started potline 2
7 April 2003 First metal potline 2
21 June 2001 Phase 2 go-aheads
22 December 2000 Last pot started potline 1
18 June 2000 First metal cast
14 May 1998 Phase 1 go-ahead announced in London
Contact Us
Mozal
Beloluane Industrial Park
Boane District
PO Box 1235
Maputo Mozambique
Phone: (258) 21 735000
Fax: (258) 21 735082
Email: mozal.site@bhpbilliton.com
Marketing: mozal.marketing@bhpbilliton.com
