The Resettlement Action Plan considered the type-urban resettlement model for families dependent on jobs in the city of Tete or Moatize or other non-agricultural activities were categorized for type-urban resettlement, which is done near the city of Tete or village of Moatize in order to protect their livelihoods, depending on the proximity of these urban environments. In 2018, at a session of the government of Tete Province, he approved the start of the implementation of urban resettlement in Mboza, Moatize district, Tete Province.
Minas de Benga Limited (hereinafter MBL) is implementing the Benga Coal Project under the mining contract signed with the Government of Mozambique for the exploitation of License 3365C. Minas de Benga Limited (hereinafter MBL) is implementing the Benga Coal Project under the mining contract signed with the Government of Mozambique for the exploitation of License 3365C.
The Social and Environmental Impact Study carried out for the project identified, as a result of the creation of the exclusion area for the operation of the Benga coal mine, the need for the resettlement of approximately 750 families residing in the village of Capanga. A Resettlement Action Plan (PAR) was prepared and approved by the Government of Mozambique in April 2010. PAR considered two resettlement models, namely rural-type and urban-type resettlement.