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Balama Mine
The Balama mine is one of the largest graphite mines in Mozambique and in the world. The mine is located in the northern part of the country in Cabo Delgado Province. The mine has estimated reserves of 1.15 billion tonnes of ore 10.2% graphite. Geography and geology The Balama mine is located West of Montepuez in the Namuno District of Cabo Delgado Province in Northern Mozambique over an area of 106km² mining concession. Most of the graphite is in layers of graphitic schists in a ridge and three hills up to 250m above the surrounding plains. The area also contains 1.15bt vanadium, which the owner planned to develop under a separate project, named the Balama Vanadium Project. Description The Balama mine is a low strip , open-pit mine This means, the material is shovelled and then trucked to a processing plant, where the material is crushed and screened, ground before flotation, filtration and drying, classification and screening, and bagging. The two billion cubic metres of wa ...
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Capo Delgado Province
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Open-pit Mine
Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique that extracts rock or minerals from the earth. Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially useful ore or rocks are found near the surface where the overburden is relatively thin. In contrast, deeper mineral deposits can be reached using underground mining. Open-pit mining is considered one of the most dangerous sectors in the industrial world. It causes significant effects to miners' health, as well as damage to the ecological land and water. Open-pit mining causes changes to vegetation, soil, and bedrock, which ultimately contributes to changes in surface hydrology, groundwater levels, and flow paths. Additionally, open-pit produces harmful pollutants depending on the type of mineral being mined, and the type of mining process being used. Extraction Miners typically drill a series of test holes to locate an underground ore body. From ...
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Development Finance Corporation
The United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is a development finance institution and agency of the United States federal government. DFC invests in development projects primarily in lower and middle-income countries. First authorized on 5 October 2018 by the BUILD Act, the independent agency was formed on December 20, 2019 by merging the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) with the Development Credit Authority (DCA) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), as well as with several other smaller offices and funds. DFC's lending capacity is used to provide loans, loan guarantees, direct equity investments, and political risk insurance for private-sector led development projects, feasibility studies, and technical assistance. DFC invests across several sectors including energy, healthcare, critical infrastructure, and technology,Akhtar and Brown 2022, p. 19. with stated priorities of women's empowerment, innovation, inve ...
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Population Transfer
Population transfer or resettlement is a type of mass migration that is often imposed by a state policy or international authority. Such mass migrations are most frequently spurred on the basis of ethnicity or religion, but they also occur due to Development-induced displacement, economic development. Banishment or exile is a similar process, but is forcibly applied to individuals and groups. Population transfer differs more than simply technically from individually motivated human migration, migration, but at times of list of wars, war, the act of fleeing from danger or famine often blurs the differences. Often the affected population is Forced displacement, transferred by force to a distant region, perhaps not suited to their way of life, causing them substantial harm. In addition, the process implies the loss of Real property, immovable property and substantial amounts of movable property when rushed. This transfer may be motivated by the more powerful party's desire to ma ...
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Syrah Resources
Syrah (), also known as Shiraz, is a dark-skinned grape variety grown throughout the world and used primarily to produce red wine. In 1999, Syrah was found to be the offspring of two obscure grapes from southeastern France (wine), France, Dureza and Mondeuse blanche, Mondeuse Blanche. Syrah should not be confused with Petite Sirah, a cross of Syrah with Peloursin dating from 1880. The style and flavor profile of wines made from Syrah are influenced by the climate where the grapes are grown. In moderate climates (such as the northern Rhone Valley (wine), Rhone Valley and parts of the Walla Walla AVA in Washington State (wine), Washington State), they tend to produce body (wine), medium to full-bodied wines with medium-plus to high levels of tannins in wine, tannins and notes of blackberry, Mentha, mint and black pepper. In hot climates (such as Crete, and the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale regions of Australia (wine), Australia), Syrah is more consistently full-bodied with softe ...
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