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Company Response

6 May 2015

Author:
Vale

Vale's response to activists opposed to big coal

…Vale in Mozambique…has also made a commitment to contribute to the development of local communities, as such, to the increase of opportunities and overall well-being of its members. As an integral part of the implementation of the Moatize Coal Mine…it was necessary to undertake a…resettlement program for the families living in the industrial and mining sites…based on Vale´s internal guidelines meant to reinforce the observance of human rights…Vale is dedicated to developing supporting these families, alongside the government, in order to meet the needs of the resettled communities. The families resettled in Cateme receive a house in 0,8 hectare of land,...1 hectare foreseen to agricultural production,...cash support in order to potentialize the production of these families...families…received food packages related to the loss of the production cycle on their plots of land…techniques have been introduced to enhance yields… Food security…[and other issues have]…been the object of training…Vale has finished rehabilitating the existing water supply systems…[,]…has also built a water supply and distribution system…[, and]…financed the construction of two dams on the Muaradzi River…[R]oads, drainage, transportation and other social services were restructure[d] and maintained…Vale has also invested in access to electricity, reinforcing the transmission lines between Tete, Moatize and Cateme…

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