{"id":68380,"date":"2024-09-14T16:21:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T16:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/vulcan-breached-pollution-limits-at-moatize-coal-mine-minister"},"modified":"2024-09-14T16:50:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T16:50:21","slug":"vulcan-breached-pollution-limits-at-moatize-coal-mine-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/vulcan-breached-pollution-limits-at-moatize-coal-mine-minister","title":{"rendered":"Vulcan \u2018breached pollution limits\u2019 at Moatize coal mine \u2013 minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Vulcan, a unit of an India-based group that works Mozambique\u2019s Moatize coal mine in Tete province, in the centre of the country, exceeded \u201cpollution limits\u201d set for the facility, failing to observe environmental quality standards, the country\u2019s minister of land and environment said on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cVulcan.. was found to have exceeded the pollution limits, having carried out various rock blasting activities, which are detonation activities at mine level, without observing the environmental quality standards,\u201d said the minister, Ivete Maibaze, in comments quoted by the private channel STV.<\/p>\n

The findings follow complaints from residents of eight neighbourhoods in Moatize, in the province of Tete, in central Mozambique, where the company mines coal, who have been complaining about the consequences of increased pollution due to Vulcan\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour extraction and mining practices are not in line with any human experience defended and protected within the universal declaration of human rights,\u201d reads a letter from the residents to the company that Lusa has seen.<\/p>\n

According to the minister, a team was set up to assess Vulcan\u2019s compliance with the environmental management plan, following complaints of dust caused by the mining operations at the beginning of August.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis team has requested all the documentation for the environmental management plan, which is an instrument that governs the operation of the respective mine,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are still, at the ministry\u2019s level, making the appropriate assessment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis team has requested all the documentation for the environmental management plan, which is an instrument that governs the operation of the respective mine,\u201d she went on. \u201cWe, at the ministry, are still making a proper assessment of the preliminary results that have been brought by our team that has been on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Maibaze, in addition to environmental pollution, the company\u2019s operations have also resulted in \u201cconstraints\u201d on the operation of traffic on the N7 highway.<\/p>\n

On 22 August, Vulcan\u2019s CEO, Mukesh Kumar, professed to Lusa the company\u2019s \u201ccommitment\u201d to \u201cenvironmental compliance\u201d just days after complaints from local communities about increased pollution.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a zero harm policy, Kumar told Lusa. \u201cAnd when we say zero harm, we mean zero harm to the environment… All our facilities have been equipped with the latest equipment and technology available.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes a system fails and we have to take precautions,\u201d he added. \u201cIf there is an error, I can say that we are totally committed to ensuring that no one in our community suffers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vulcan explores an area of 250 square kilometres in Moatize and the community closest to the mines is located at least 350 metres away, said the CEO.<\/p>\n

The company is part of the Jindal Group, which has a market value of $18 billion (\u20ac16.5 billion). It previously operated the Chirodzi mine, also in Tete procince.<\/p>\n

In the last three years alone, Vulcan has mined more than 35 million tonnes of coal a year at Moatize, having taken over the operation in April 2022 from Brazil\u2019s Vale, for more than $270 million (\u20ac257 million).<\/p>\n

Vale was present in Mozambique for 15 years, operating the Moatize mine and 912 kilometres of railway in the Nacala Logistics Corridor for the transport of coal \u2013 which was also sold to Vulcan.<\/p>\n

In May, the Vulcan CEO told Lusa that he expects output at Moatize this year to reach between 50 million and 52 million tonnes, making the mine among the world\u2019s largest producers.<\/p>\n

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