Mozambique: Indian coal mining company paid €1.4M in compensation since 2013 – Lusa

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Mozambique: Indian coal mining company paid €1.4M in compensation since 2013 – Lusa

9:42 CAT | 09 Mar 2022

FILE PHOTO - Jindal Africa Chirodzi, Marara district, Tete province. [File photo: Hélio Lino Alexandre Alexandre on Facebook]

Indian mining company Jindal, which mines coal in Tete province, has announced that since 2013 it has paid 99.8 million meticais (€1.4 million) to compensate farmers affected by its operations in this province in central Mozambique.

The compensations, which result from the agreement signed with the government, covered a total of 529 families that had agricultural fields in the Marara and Cahora Bassa districts, according to a statement released by the company.

As well as the farmers, according to Jindal, 289 families that lived near its area of operation benefited from new homes in other areas, in a process that included the construction of infrastructure, in an unspecified number.

As well as rehousing, the company “made payment of 52.8 million meticais [€758,000], as a house rent subsidy for residents of the Cassoca community [Marara district], during the waiting period for rehousing, between 2015 and 2019,” the statement added.

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The company also said it provided just over three million meticais (€43,000) to support community projects and strengthen the livelihoods of the families covered, with emphasis on projects in areas such as agriculture and livestock.

The company said that between 2013 and 2019, it paid the Mozambican state a total of 165 million meticals (€2.3 million) in taxes, saying it was “a significant contributor of tax revenues.

Through its subsidiary called JSPL Mozambique, Jindal has been mining coal in Tete province since 2013.

Source: Lusa