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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Minerven's management evaluates the thesis of "sabotage" against the company, which in the past year has increased its social work and its importance to the south of Bolivar.

Natalie Garcia
ngarcia@correodelcaroni.com
Photo William Urdaneta

The representatives of the comptroller general management and labor together to find solutions

Operational problems in CVG Minerven deepened this weekend when he detected a broken fan in America Pozo and equipment failure mine drilling jumbo Colombia, events that threaten the normal development of the company.

The disadvantages which awoke take months, and the company has to suspect that there are workers involved, to which is added an own failures at the mine and the constant wear of equipment.

In response to these situations, the company was forced to extreme security measures in order to minimize the possibility of further "attacks" that may entail irreversible consequences for plant performance.

Serious delays
John Bonalde Minerven general manager, explained that in his 14 years of experience never seen a situation so irregular, that ultimately is detrimental to the institution and all who live work.

The official regretted that in recent days have had to make "miracles" to save equipment and maintain production levels. It also reported that they worked from early morning until late Sunday afternoon of that day to operate the fan that was broken, and luckily managed to do it successfully.

To solve such inconvenience was necessary to help one of the mechanics of Isidora mine, part of the company Venrus CA Through this collaboration, because experts were not in El Callao, where the plant.

Bonalde indignantly said that "there are severe attacks that are affecting the operation of the plant, but there is a personal attack that is personal and not the institution. It may now have to put surveillance on the trucks and the fans, because they are determined to lift a person. "

That person mentioned Bonalde is president of the company, Luis Herrera. Apparently, within the company and outside it's a group that is seeking him from office, and all because since his arrival have been implemented measures "ordered by the Ministry of Basic Industries and Mining, seeking to regain state control over mining concessions in the region.

Nervousness latent
Proceeds from this whole situation, a group of representatives of labor comptroller committee met with general manager in Minerva, and in that meeting was the reportorial team of this newspaper.

Jesus Guerra, director of the company work, said he did believe there was sabotage but we add to it some problems due to lack of maintenance and lack of spare parts for some equipment.

"The great enemy in Minerva Minerva is not, there will be some instruments but we all know that those who allowed the MNCs be confined there, south of the state and in the Las Cristinas project, those are the guilty."

Minerven also indicated that for the first time in years dumps a management toward the street and gets concessions from the municipalities in the south are taken up by the State, instead of being in the hands of transnational mining companies, which have been widely criticized for leaving nearby communities filled with misery.

Cards on the table

The labor director Julio Salazar, warns that the two unions of the company (Sinmioro and Sinpro) are aware of what happens to 'sabotage' and teams, however, instead of acting was engrossed in "useless arguments" that ultimately benefit no one, not even the same worker who must fight.

However, the leader called to seek the necessary solutions to operational obstacles, most notably the lack of rubber and oil. The comptroller concluded that full employment in some situations be corrected within the company, but requires a coordinated teamwork, effective, one for maintaining Minerven.

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