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Deal #3441 Version #61002
Mozambique
Created at
2013-03-22
Last update
2017-10-12
Last full update
2021-02-01
How did the community react?
Community reaction
Rejection
Comment on community reaction
In April 2013 former landowners displaced by the mining project blocked the entrance to the mine, stating that they had not received adequate compensation.
Displacement of people
Number of people actually displaced
5 000
Comment on displacement of people
1313 families, approx 5,000people
Promised or received compensation
Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)
Houses were of poor quality and land was too small and not arable. Company states that they gave approximately $2,000 per person.