I'm still new to Agoracom. Don't know why the link appeared up top and not in this message space. I'll try here....

http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...

Hope it worked. Typical of Reuters, no officials are named. Lots of heresay. Wish they had interviewed some of the 260 workers not protesting out of the 300 miners. I wonder how they feel about the 40 that are protesting and closing the mine taking away their livelihood. Why aren't they all there? I didn't get the feeling that this was like a union strike.....???

"Government officials, including the mining minister, had visited the area and publicly instructed workers to halt operations if they were unsatisfied with working conditions, said the official, who requested anonymity." ... must be that un-named Permit Director we're so familiar with.