Mining company Vale-Mozambique announced on Thursday that it had resumed operations in a section of the company’s facility following a nearly two-week standstill demanded by residents complaining of pollution there, Noticias reports.
Read MoreAtha-Africa Ventures’ Yzermyn project, a 2.26Mt/year export underground coal mine in the Mpumalanga province, is creating controversy between the South African government and environmental activists. The Indian company has secured a mining right, an environmental authorisation, and an integrated water-use licence. The only step missing to kick-start operations is the approval the project needs from the Ministry of Environmental Affairs.
Read MoreMembers of South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) downed tools Wednesday at Anglo American’s (LON:AAL) Kleinkopje coal mine in South Africa, demanding the removal of the general manager. “They are on strike as we speak,” NUM spokesman Livhuwani Mammburu told Reuters, adding that 421 of its members were involved in the labour action.
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