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Puerto Ordaz - Mining Minister Activity Yesterday

posted on Feb 02, 2008 09:48AM
Mibam analyzes situation CVG Alcasa
Saturday, 02 2008

  Rodolfo Sanz, minister of this body, meets with workers and train management of the aluminum reduction strategy to define recovery plant

  • The Minister for Basic Industries and Mining (Mibam), Rodolfo Sanz, conducted a tour of the company CVG Alcasa, and met with workers and train management, in order to assess the critical situation both financially and by the work that crosses the reduction aluminio.El Sanz minister, acknowledged that the company is going through a difficult situation, and should make decisions to save the company, after a consensus among the Mibam, workers and management CVG Alcasa. "The decision will not be imposed by Mibam therefore the idea of the trail is to analyze the proposals of the players that make life in the company, as the train management, employees and unions, and then make the decision more viable in the recovery of Alcasa "said Sanz.

 

 In this regard, he explained that in drawing up the recovery plan, it is important to know the views of workers operating in the aluminum reduction, because the obligation of the Mibam is to save an industry that is an important part in the region's economy .

Mibam focused on salvation of Alcasa

 He also assured that the adjustments will be implemented technology necessary to enhance the productive capacity of the enterprise, and improve conditions in some critical areas of the plant, where workers are risking their health.

  He stressed that the priority of Mibam, is to analyse the situation of the core businesses, especially the aluminium industry, specifically CVG Alcasa, which last year recorded losses in the amount of approximately 335 billion bolivars strong.

  "CVG Alcasa should be subjected to a thorough evaluation to determine corrective action, and ensure that this company will continue to record losses and billions will be profitable for the economy of the region and the country," said Sanz.

 Similarly, he assured that there were several proposals for the recovery process Alcasa, the eyes of the parties involved as Mibam and the union workers who make life in the company, so it's necessary to find a balance between the approaches both to solve the problems of reducing aluminum.

CVG Alcasa be profitable

 Sanz, emphasized that the aim of Mibam and train management and workers in the aluminum industry is to achieve CVG Alcasa make a profitable company, where staff have the labor and economic conditions suitable for achieving a good quality of life.

 Moreover, he assured that the line I and II of the plant, should be eliminated, since workers working in subhuman conditions, even putting at risk the lives of workers operating there.  Also, know that the salvation of the company is in the installation of the new production line, for which proposals are being channelled to execute the work.

  He indicated that Mibam hoped a consensus among the parties involved, which prompted accounts, with the aim of analysing the actual economic situation and said that even be installed at the company to oversee the offices.

Workers require immediate action

 During the tour of Rodolfo Sanz, by the company CVG Alcasa, workers took the opportunity to express their concerns, enters the cueles was the need to implement the plan of technological suitability, as they are carried out all the studies that indicate the amount of investment, but the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG) and the Mibam issued the order not to give way to the recovery plan.

 Obviously, I can see why this would take priority over V-Headlines interview yesterday with Roy Carson.

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