Mining Industry
South Africa to assist Guyana’s mining sector
Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman and South Africa's Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources Godfrey Oliphant witnessing bauxite mining at...
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GGMC wants to pilot South Africa alternative offer of mercury-free gold mining
South Africa's Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources Godfrey Oliphant and Guyana's Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman. The Guyana Geology...
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BCGI-RUSAL workers block Berbice River to prevent bauxite barges from passing; union requests compulsory arbitration
Ropes and barrels across the Berbice River where barges have to go to and from the BCGI-RUSAL mines to collect...
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RUSAL refuses to reinstate fired workers, terminates others, begins dismantling equipment
RUSAL-BCGI workers at Aroaima. The Russian Aluminium (RUSAL)-controlled Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) has sent home 30 more workers...
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Gold Board wants to buy “all gold” directly from miners
General Manager of the Guyana Gold Board, Eondrene Thompson. The state-owned Guyana Gold Board (GGB) is further decentralising its operations...
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RUSAL expected to reinstate workers, told to recognise union – Amna Ally
Senior Minister of Social Services, Amna Ally (in green hat) addressing aggrieved workers at Aroaima. Senior Minister of Labour, Amna...
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Striking RUSAL-BCGI workers refuse individual handout of gov’t hampers
The relief hampers that were transported to RUSAL's Aroaima location. MAPLE TOWN, Aroaima - Striking workers at the United Company...
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RUSAL workers in Guyana throw down gauntlet at company, gov’t
RUSAL-BCGI workers meeting before the arrival of a government team. Ahead of a meeting with top government ministers Friday afternoon,...
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BREAKING: RUSAL-BCGI fires 61 Guyanese bauxite workers, union calls on President Granger to intervene
GTUC General Secretary Lincoln Lewis The Russian Aluminium (RUSAL)-controlled Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) on Monday fired 61 workers,...
Read moreDetailsRUSAL workers resist eviction, gov’t vows to clampdown on “justifiable grievances”
As representatives of the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers' Union (GB&GWU), Russian Aluminium (RUSAL) and the Ministry of Labour prepare...
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