African News Agency quoted union representatives, who stated that the organization was also "very upset and concerned" by the fact that the management of the company blames on NUM leadership.
KEM JV was established in July last year when Petra Diamonds has entered into a joint venture with the diamond company Ekapa Mining in South Africa.
The NUM said that the contractor named one of the union members "baboon", and the company did not want to apply any sanctions as long as the union has not made them do it.
"Another relevant problematic mistreatment NUM leadership, especially its chairman and secretary There is an ulterior motive against them, and the company's management blames on NUM leadership." - said in the organization.
"The company is not able to adequately implement their own policies of recruitment, which is a cause for concern The company is busy hiring people who do not have the appropriate qualifications." - sums up in the NUM.
The organization "United communities affected by mining" (Mining Affected Communities United in Action , Macua) South Africa has accused the company of representatives of Ekapa Kimberly is that it works without the appropriate permits to mine.
Members of Macua claimed they mined diamonds in the land, on which the Ekapa site since 2003, providing an essential source of income for more than 8000 people, who are now "can not pay into the treasury taxes by more than 8 million rand per month" .
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De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM), the South African unit of De Beers Group of companies, has completed the sale procedure Kimberley Mines company Ekapa Minerals. This company is a consortium Ekapa Mining and Petra Diamonds.
The company statement said that as part of this transaction, the consortium will receive all the assets of Kimberley, including the processing plant tailings.
Ekapa, based in the region of Kimberley company for processing tailings, owns a controlling stake of 50.1%, and Petra Company, through its subsidiary in South Africa owns the remaining 49.9%.
The National Miners' Union of South Africa (National Union of Mineworkers, NUM) spoke out against the planned sale of Kimberley Mines. The union claimed that De Beers did not consult with the organization of the workers before the publication of the sale of the media reports.
In December last year, Petra said that the company is considering the purchase of the mine for $ 7.2 million that will be paid by two companies, in accordance with their shares in the consortium.
The content of diamond in the rock dumps on Kimberley Mines estimated at 2.8 million carats.
It is expected that the average content of the stones in the rock is 11 carats per hundred tonnes of ore in the first three years of processing company Ekapa Minerals, and then drop to about 6 carats per hundred tonnes after processing the dumps with the highest content of diamonds.
That the production volume will amount to 700 000 carats a year in the first three years is expected for each year will be able to help out around $ 65 million. The average price of diamonds from tailings will be about $ 95 per carat.
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