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Article

2 Feb 2012

Author:
Claude Kabemba & Camilo Nhancale, Southern Africa Resource Watch

Coal versus Communities in Mozambique: Exposing poor practices by VALE and Rio Tinto

Mozambique has attracted two of the world’s largest mining companies...Vale...and...Rio Tinto – to extract coal from the huge fields in Tete province...However, the impact of both companies’ investment on local communities remains problematic and there is no guarantee that these massive coal extraction projects are going to genuinely benefit the people of Mozambique...[company responses below]