Portuguese cement company Cimpor has announced it will double production at its Matola plant in southern Mozambique.

According to Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique, the Matola facility currently has a capacity of 500,000 tonnes of cement a year. The new investment will bring production to one million tonnes a year.

Cimpor has signed a contract with South Africa-based Group Five for the construction work on the expansion.

Cimpor is the majority shareholder in Cimentos de Mocambique which owns three factories in the country.