Other industries in the city include an aluminum smelter and a pulp mill.
The company also owns a 49 percent interest in an aluminum smelter in Wales.
It is the main entryway for the natural resources the region's aluminum smelters require.
The aluminum smelter, which uses large amounts of electric power, first began operation in 1913.
Some of the electricity is used to power a large aluminum smelter.
Nearly 60% of the power from these stations goes to the aluminum smelter at Edéa.
In the area around the aluminum smelter, 76 percent fewer children now carry the malaria parasite.
One, Mozambique's only aluminum smelter sells its entire production abroad.
On July 15, the cornerstone was laid for a $1.3 billion aluminum smelter that will eventually employ 900 people.
Instead, his father ended up working at an aluminum smelter and, after six years, decided to return to England.