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Article

23 May 2013

Author:
Human Rights Watch

“O que é uma Casa sem Comida?” O Boom da Mineração em Moçambique e o Reassentamento [Moçambique]

As empresas multinacionais de mineração e de gás têm investido biliões de dólares em Moçambique nos últimos dez anos...O crescimento explosivo do sector mineiro, sem salvaguardas adequadas, pode levar à violação dos direitos humanos e a uma perda de oportunidades para reduzir a pobreza generalizada. Na Província de Tete, conhecida pelo seu potencial rico em carvão, as comunidades locais foram deslocadas e reassen- tadas de 2009-2011 devido às operações ligadas ao carvão pelas empresas Vale e Rio Tinto e estas têm enfrentado distúrbios significativos e persistentes ligados ao acesso a alimentos, água e trabalho…Tanto a Vale como a Rio Tinto assumiram compromissos públicos e privados para melhorar o padrão de vida das comunidades reassentadas…Apesar destas melhorias, o fornecimento da prometida compensação e melhorias na infra-estrutura…foram adiadas... Novos reassentamentos, incluindo os previstos pelas Jindal Steel and Power Limited e Rio Tinto irão proporcionar um importante teste em relação à eficácia da evolução das salvaguardas. [refere-se a Beacon Hill Resources, Riversdale, Minas de Revuboè, Mozambi Coal]

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“What is a House without Food?” Mozambique’s Coal Mining Boom and Resettlements [Mozambique]

Human Rights Watch report on impacts of mining industry in Mozambique (May, 2013)

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