Mchuchuma power station SourceWatch
Background. In September 2011 China''s Sichuan Hongda Co. Ltd. signed a US3 billion deal with Tanzania to mine coal and iron ore in Tanzania. The investment involves construction of the Mchuchuma Coal Mine, a 220kv transmission line between Mchuchuma and Liganga for supplying the Liganga Metallurgical Complex, and an accompanying 600megawatt (MW) thermal power station. .