Mozambique’s Coal Mining Boom and Resettlements
This 122-page report examines how serious shortcomings in government policy and mining companies’ implementation uprooted largely self-sufficient farming communities and resettled them to arid land far from rivers and markets. These communities have experienced periods of food insecurity or, when available, dependence on short-term food assistance financed by Vale and Rio Tinto.
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ISBN: 978-1-6231-30138
ISBN: 978-1-6231-30138
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- Map 1: Tete Province, Mozambique
- Map 2: Sites of Original and Resettled Villages in Tete Province
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Methodology
- I. Mozambique and Foreign Investment
- II. Coal Mining and Resettlement of Local Communities
- III. Problems with the Vale and Rio Tinto Resettlements
- IV. Flaws in the Pre-Resettlement Process
- V. Government and Company Responses
- VI. Jindal Steel and Power Limited’s Resettlement
- VII. National and International Standards
- Acknowledgments
- Appendices
