TotalEnergies chief executive visits Rwanda and Maputo; Syrah looks to Pemba to ease Mozambique graphite export bottlenecks

Welcome to Zitamar’s daily Mozambique briefing for 31 January 2022

Agenda:

• Wednesday: Mozambique 6th Licensing Round Virtual Roadshow, 4pm (CAT)

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The latest from Zitamar News:

BREAKING: TotalEnergies CEO comments on prospects of a return to the Mozambique LNG project. Keep watching www.zitamar.com and the Live Blog for updates

TotalEnergies chief executive visits Rwanda and Maputo
Total's Patrick Pouyanne has flown on to Maputo from Kigali - but the EU's Josep Borrell was forced to turn back before reaching Mozambique

Syrah looks to Pemba to ease Mozambique graphite export bottlenecks
A shortage of container shipping capacity contributed to Syrah's graphite operation running at a heavy loss last year

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Also in the news:

• Pathfinder International staff dismissed over allegations of misconduct (Carta de Moçambique)

• Government adjusts terms for notifying mergers of companies (A Verdade)

• Investigation to be launched into infrastructure resilience in the aftermath of storm Ana (DW, Carta de Moçambique)

• Administrative Tribunal suspends ring road tolls (VoA, AIM)

• Deadly attack on transport in Niassa not linked to insurgents, say police (DW)

• Tanzania’s president visits Mozambique (Daily News, allAfrica, VOA)

• Covid-19 stymies EU Mozambique trip, as Total head visits Rwanda and Maputo (Lusa; announcement)

• Storm survivors want to get out of flood zones (Lusa)

Pathfinder International staff dismissed over allegations of misconduct (Carta de Moçambique)