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Catoca mantains diamond production |
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Saurimo – Angola’s Catoca Mining Society, in
eastern Lunda Sul province, is maintaining its diamond production
levels, expecting to explore 50,000 cubic metres of ore
per day.
This was announced Tuesday in Saurimo by the head of the
Department of Metallurgy, Flávio Fernandes.
According to the official, the company has all along worked
24 hours a day, adding that a stoppage, as reported
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by certain foreign media, would cause
huge damages to the Angolan State and its partners.
He said a crisis commission has been appointed with cost reduction,
while there will be no lay-offs.
According to a report on 2007 that reached Angop on Tuesday, Catoca
Mining Society processed 9.7 million tons of ore, having recovered
6.5 million carat, a |
figure that
will be overcome under the growth strategy of the company
set up in 1995.
The source said as well that the company will maintain its
social responsibility action, under which professional training,
scholarships and other kind of assistance to local communities
have been provided.
Catoca operations, the note also reads, has been leading to
improvement of the living standards of the workers and vicinities
communities. Source: ANGOP
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