Iron ore mining at Cassinga mines in Angola may begin in next three years

Exploration at iron and manganese mines in the Cassinga mines, in Angola’s southern Huíla province, may bespring steel vibrating screen from indiagin within the next three years, the secretary of state for Geology and Mines, Mankenda Ambroise said Wednesday in Luanda.

On the sidelines of a meeting with Luxembourg’s Economy and Foreign trade minister, Jeannot Krecké, Ambroise noted that a project was underway in Cassinga to produce, transform and sell those minerals. The exploration and transformation of iron and manganese, the secretary of state said, would be carried out by a consortium made up of public and private, national and international companies. As well as the Cassinga project, in Huíla, Ambroise noted, without giving details, that there was another project in the north of Angola which would also launch iron exploration. In relation to the meeting with the Luxembourgian minister, Ambroise said that Angola was open to partnerships in the geology and mining sector in order to move ahead with its development. Luxembourg’s minister for the Economy and Foreign Trade, who has been in Angola since Monday on a four-day visit, said that his country planned to establish cooperation in the medium and long term with Angola, in the steel making sector. Jeannot Krecké is heading a delegation of businesspeople from several sectors of his country’s economy, particularly mining exploration and transformation and construction.