NP Breakout, page-2

Eduardo Salles attends meetings to try to reverse closure of mining

​

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 portal Jaguarari No comments

​

In an attempt to reverse the decision Mirabela Mining to cease operations and lay off over a thousand direct and indirect employees, the state deputy Eduardo Salles participated in several meetings in recent days.

​

"I'm doing my part. I want to be with my conscience, knowing that I did everything in my power to avoid the suspension of the company's activities," said the parliamentarian.

​

On Monday (18), Salles was in this audience with the president of CODEBA (Companhia das Docas da Bahia), José Rebolledo, and the director of mining operations, Julio Sanches.

​

"It was a productive meeting. The CODEBA proved open to negotiations and confirmed that mining can officially request benefits equivalent to those that existed," says the deputy.

​

The request will be submitted for approval by the board.

​

The director of Mirabela also asked the president of CODEBA the possibility of reparcelling debt Mirabela.

​

"This debt had been previously split twice. The first half has been paid and after that a shipment at the port was done. But the company is struggling to make the payment of the second installment," says Salles.

​

Beforehand, President Jose Rebolledo and the commercial director of CODEBA, Mauritius Dorea, who also attended the hearing, said that after the mining official request, take it to the next company board meeting for evaluation.

.​

Mirabela will also inform through craft part of a debt that is questionable, in the opinion of the legal department of mining, will judicialized so that the parties can discuss in court, without the need to disrupt the progress of other negotiations.

OCUPAÇÃO DO MST​

MST OCCUPATION

.​

When it became aware of the fact, Eduardo Salles came into contact with the head of the House of State Military, Colonel Gomes, who sent to the Military Police Command the document sent by the court ordering the repossession.

"A propriedade da empresa foi desocupada na última sexta-feira", informa o diretor da empresa.​

"The property of the company was vacated on Friday," the director of the company.

ACORDO COLETIVO​

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT

​

The third justification Mirabela was the lack of understanding with the funiconários regarding the collective agreement.

​

"I've been talking about it with Gilmar Oliveira, president of the Union of Employees of Mirabela. Today he told me that he is ready to sit down with the company's board to adjust some items and sign the final terms," says the deputy.

SUSPENSÃO DAS ATIVIDADES​

ACTIVITIES OF SUSPENSION

​

Even with the solution of the points in question, there is still the possibility of suspension of activities Mirabela.

​

So said the financial director of mining, Milson Mundin, at a meeting held on Tuesday (19), the deputy's office.

​

According to Mundin, the company is struggling to close sales contracts of nickel produced. "The customer wants to make a three-year contract, but can not guarantee product after 2016, due to the operation currently being made at a loss," explains the director.

​

The issue has been intensively negotiated by the president and directors of the company.

​

However, according Mundin if the suspension of the activities take place, the company will maintain a working group with the purpose of the operations to be resumed as soon as possible.

PROJETO DE NÍQUEL LATERÍTICO​

NICKEL PROJECT lateritic

​

Of the approximately 500 direct employees of mining, approximately 300 work in the mine and the other 200 in administrative positions or factory.

​

Today, much of the mine employees are stopped and the company operates only in other sectors, especially in mineral processing already extracted.

​

The president of the company, Maryse Belanger, signaled the deputy the possibility of mining spend working with lateritic nickel, whose manufacturing process is different from nickel sulfide current product Mirabela.

​

"Thus, about 300 to mine related jobs would be maintained, since the extraction of ore is carried out similarly, but without being processed in the industry. It would be marketed in raw form," explains Julio Sanches.

​

According Milson Mundin, the board of the company will receive in 10 days Colombian customers interested in buying the nickel laterite.

​

If the project goes ahead, the volume of ore that will pass through the port of Ilheus will increase by almost 10 times.

​

"This will help generate employment both for those who work at the port and for truck drivers," says the deputy.

ENTENDA O CASO​

UNDERSTAND THE CASE

Mirabela Mineração has a cost of normal production of US $ 5.50.​

Currently, the company works with a temporary operation, failing to remove waste ore at a cost of $ 4.50.

​

According to Julio Sanches, so that the company can operate in 2016, nickel sales price needs to reach $ 4.50.

​

Today the ore is sold at US $ 4,10.

​

"Every 10 cents in nickel price is R $ 9 million negative cash for the company," explains Mundin.