| Anhui Foreign Economic Construction (Group) Co., Ltd. | |
| Native Name: | 安徽省外经建设(集团)有限公司 |
| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Civil engineering, mining |
| Location City: | Hefei, Anhui |
| Location Country: | China |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group (AFECC) is a Chinese construction and mining company with an international focus that includes 14 overseas subsidiaries in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and Pacific Islands.[1] Based on the value of 2011 deals, the company ranks among the top 225 contractors in terms of international projects.[2]
In its charitable giving, the company contributed $1.5 million towards a week long phase of a medical mission called the "Brightness Trip", in which a medical team visiting the hospitals of Malawi treated patients with cataract conditions.[3]
Due to a high debt burden, the company defaulted on RMB 6.7 billion in bonds in June 2019. Chinese regulators were slow to recognize the risk, rating the company's bonds AA+ a month before the default.[4]
The company develops diamond mines in the DRC and Zimbabwe.[5]
The company built the National Stadium of Costa Rica.
In the DRC, the company entered into a 50-50 joint venture agreement with the government to develop a mine in eastern Kasai that could produce 6 million carats by 2016. The terms of the agreement were publicly revealed in March 2013 and specified that the company would contribute $4.2 million in equity, provide a signing bonus of $61 million, and invest in various infrastructure projects amounting to $100 million throughout the country. The planned infrastructure projects include the construction of a 4.6- megawatt hydropower plant near Tshibwe; a new building for the national diamond regulator; and assistance in bringing a loan from the Chinese government to fund a 15-megawatt hydroelectric plant at Tubi Tubidi and a road from the plant to Mbuji-Mayi.
The company built the Estádio do Zimpeto football stadium in Mozambique, as well as a cargo terminal at Maputo International Airport.
See also: Marange diamond fields.
In Zimbabwe, the company launched a joint venture, Anjin together with Zimbabwe Army's Matt Bronze Enterprises.[6] Ajin began mining in July 2010, and received permission from the Kimberly Process to export in 2011 after stockpiling 3 million carats.[7] In 2016, Robert Mugabe accused Anjin out stealing the country's diamonds and ordered all diamond mining to cease.[8] By 2020, Anjin reportedly returned to the country, but there were no reports of Anjin's diamond production from Zimbabwe's Chamber of Mines.[9]