MOZAMBIQUE needs about $300 million to reconstruct the 600km Sena railway line that suffered damage during the country’s 16-year civil war that ended in 1992. The country’s president, Joaquim Chissano was quoted on Monday as saying Mozambique is talking to potential investors from the United States, China and Italy to provide financing for the reconstruction project. Several key industries, including mining, depend on refurbishing the railway which links the port of Beira to Malawi. The rail line is crucial to reviving Mozambique’s huge Moatize coal fields in the northwest. The fields are expected to begin small-scale production soon which will be exported to neighbouring Malawi. The railway will also be key to exporting sugar, timber and cotton from the Sena region.