Moa

Moa is a municipality and an commercial metropolis in the Holguin Province of Cuba. Its call is assumed to intend "water here". Moa, one of the youngest towns in Cuba, turned into founded in 1939. One of the most massive personalities related to its foundation and increase turned into a Jamaican guy, John Alexander Christie Duccas. Large nickel and cobalt deposits positioned inside the Moa vicinity are exploited in element via a joint assignment with the Canadian organisation Sherritt International.

The giant mining and nickel processing has big impact on the nearby environment. The coastal waters and close by land is contaminated via the pollution from mines and processing plant life. The soil has a reddish tint due to the iron ore in the ground. The nickel manufacturing is targeting the factories "Pedro Soto Alba" and "Ernesto Che Guevara". While the Nickel Processor Plant "Pedro Soto Alba" is a restricted legal responsibility organisation between Cuba and Sherritt International Canadian Company, the "Ernesto Che Guevara" belongs to the government employer Cubaniquel.