The Cape Verdean government will sign a contract with the Portuguese cement company Cimpor to explore for pozzolans on the island of Santo Antao, which will create more than 100 direct jobs, Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva said.
The information was provided after a four-day visit by the head of government to this island until Saturday, during which Ulisses Correia y Silva turned to the extraction of pozzolana in Porto Novo, which dates back to the colonial period, but which was paralyzed. for over seven years now.
Cabocem, owned by Italian investors, was set up here in 2005 to produce pozzolanic cement, but it ended up closing in June 2013, despite local authorities estimating that the area contains about ten million tons of pozzolana.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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