What is the salary paid to a miner working in Moma compared with the national average income?
All employees at the mine are paid in excess of the national average wage. People involved in KMDA’s income-generating activities also earn more than the minimum salary paid in Mozambique. After dividing the profits between the members of the groups, everyone gets between MZN 2 000 and MZN 5 000 (USD 70-170), which in some cases represents a monthly income, depending on the business. What is the state of progress of the businesses developed by KMDA? First of all, let me just say that projects being 100% dependent on the mine is against KMDA’s principles of sustainability. We always try to set up businesses that would survive even if the mine wasn’t there. We now have five income-generating businesses in progress (egg, sewing, vegetables, broilers and a small local fuel-selling station). Eggs, sewing and vegetables are going very well. But we still face challenges in vegetable farming due to climate conditions that affect production during the dry season. Still, farmers have been produc
