Angola: Biomass plant to power iron project

A 26MW biomass power plant is under construction for Companhia Siderúrgica do Cuchi (CSC), owned by Brazilian steelmaker Modulax, to provide energy for its Cutato iron ore mine and pig iron plant. CSC chief executive Geraldo Basques told Cuango Cubango provincial governor Pedro Mutinde that, during its first phase, the project would use 6MW for its own operations and supply the remaining 20MW to the Cuchi area and to the provincial capital Menongue as soon as transmission lines are available.