Under the motto “Industrialization: Innovation and Diversification of the National Economy", Vulcan and Nacala Logistics participate, between the 26th of August and the 1st of September, in the 59th edition of FACIM (Maputo International Fair), which takes place at the International Center of Ricatla Fairs and Exhibitions, in Marracuene, Maputo province.
As part of its social responsibility actions, Vulcan implemented a community initiative for recycling discarded materials within its operations, where more than 20 young artisans from Moatize trained by Vulcan work.
Vulcan, through its Horticultural Value Chain Project, continues to positively impact the lives of local farmers through investments and support throughout the production chain, implementation and equipping of an input store to boost the supply of improved seeds and production instruments, training and technical assistance with greater emphasis on tomato, cabbage, onion, lettuce, pepper and okra crops, among others.
As part of the participatory mapping of development opportunities for the benefit of local communities, Vulcan selected and trained more than 45 girls from the eight neighbourhoods of Moatize in a hairdressing course that included notions of entrepreneurship.
Under the inspiring slogan "Together to grow with the Mambas", Vulcan and the Mozambican Football Federation (FMF) initialled a historic sponsorship agreement last Wednesday, 30 April, aimed at strengthening and promoting the development of football in the country. The signing ceremony, held at Campo 25 de Setembro in Moatize, marked the start of a visionary partnership between the two entities, with the main aim of supporting the National AA Football Team - "Mambas".
Under the motto: “Leveraging the development of the communities of Moatize”, Vulcan held on the 6th of April, the 4th Edition of the Vulcan Fair, which focused on the launch of new social projects (exhibition of the initiatives that are taking place for the benefit of communities and delivery of school desks), in Moatize.
Vulcan delivered, on March 15th, more than 80 school desks to the district government of Moatize, which were distributed to Escola Primária Oitavadas and Escola Básica da Liberdade. This symbolic delivery of school furniture also served to officially launch a project that aims to rehabilitate and deliver new desks to several schools in Moatize.
Vulcan, as part of its strategy to promote local content and share value with stakeholders, held its first annual forum (2024) on local content in Moatize this February, attended by 32 entrepreneurs from Moatize and Tete.
Thanks to the joint effort of all workers at the Mine, Railway and Port, Vulcan was recently distinguished, for the second consecutive time, as the largest company in Mozambique, in the XXV Edition of the ranking of the 100 Largest Companies in Mozambique - 2023, through a study carried out and published by the prestigious consultancy KPMG Mozambique, referring to the 2022 financial year.