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Tear gas fired at striking coal miners ahead of mine expansion consultation
Police fired tear gas on striking coal miners in the province of Tete on Thursday, who were protesting at poor treatment by an Indian contractor of Indian state-owned mining consortium ICVL — which is hoping to expand its activities in the province.
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Mozambique coal miner resettles families after seven-year community dispute
Indian steel producer Jindal has finally resettled 100 families from its coal mine in Tete province, seven years after it [...]
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Vale coal production hit by Mozambique’s rainy season
Severe rains in Tete province hit Vale’s coal production in the first three months of 2019, with total production down 29% on the previous quarter, and production of higher-value metallurgical coal down 36%.
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Floods leave thousands homeless, and halt Vale coal exports from Tete
Nine people have died and thousands have been left homeless by the flooding in Tete that has caused almost MZN 1 billion ($16 million) worth of damage to infrastructure in the province. The bridge over the Revubue, which connects Moatize with the city of [...]
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Vale agrees $1.7m payout to end 10-year Moatize dispute
Brazilian mining company Vale has agreed to make a $1.67 million payout to compensate a community of brick-makers in Moatize, who lost their livelihoods when work began at the mine ten years ago.
Representatives of the two parties signed a memorandum of understanding in Moatize on Wednesday, [...]
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Workers strike at Indian-run coal mine in Mozambique
Employees of an Indian mining contractor working on ICVL’s coal mine in Tete province went on strike this week alleging a lack of medical assistance and protective equipment, and discrimination and contempt for their labour union.
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Vale mine shut-down continues following community ‘invasion’
A shutdown at one of Vale’s mines in Mozambique’s Tete province that began a week ago still shows no sign of ending, after protesters rejected a request from a government minister to allow the mine to resume operations.
The protesters, from the Nhantchere neighbourhood of the village of [...]
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Mozambique’s methane gas wealth waits on concessions dispute
Hopes of developing coal-bed methane (CBM) production in Mozambique are being frustrated due to disagreement between gas exploration and production companies and coal miners whose concessions are located where the CBM is expected to be found, [...]
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Two killed by ICVL coal train travelling from Beira to Moatize
Two people were killed on Tuesday morning after being hit by a coal transport train shortly after it left the Port of Beira in central Mozambique, en route to the coal mining region of Tete.
The train, belonging to [...]
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