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Message: Minister Khan confirms intention to modify resolution of the BCV
Minister Khan confirms intention to modify resolution of the BCV
Friday, 09 of 2010 July

Natalie Garci'a
Photo William Urdaneta

The mixed miner is the first experience of this type in the country and understands the operation of two Isidora mines and the Camorra
“Chinese” Jose Khan, minister of Basic Industries and Minería (Mibam) commented that the Central bank of Venezuela studies the possibility of modifying the resolution of the Regime of Commercialization of Gold and its Alloys, which forces the private miners to offer the 60 percent of the production to the financial organization and a 10 percent to the internal market to the effective official exchange rate.

The mentioned resolution threatened limiting the yield of the mining business in the transnational Russian who benefits about 15 thousand employees and motivated numerous mobilizations in the municipalities Roscio, Callao and Sifontes, to the south of the state Bolivar, at the beginning of June.

Such declarations of Khan were provided in the acts of celebration by the second anniversary of the company/signature of the Venezuela-Russia agreement for the installation of a mixed company of Venrus name, a.c., located in the Isidora mines and the Camorra.

Accompanying the civil servant they were Laura Walls, president of Venrus C.A, Orlenia Scipio, mayoress of the Pebble, Jose Alexander Martinez, mayor of Roscio and representatives of the group Rusoro Mining, like Néstor Hernandez, and the general manager Jose Manuel Rodriguez.

This last one signed that there are clear indications that the economic situation of the miner could be resolved in the next days, given the conversations that have maintained with the national Government.

Economic consolidation
The activity of the miner included a floral offering in the Place Bolivar of the Pebble, an evening brightened up by the symphony orchestra of Guasipati, the inauguration in Isidora mine of a qualification center and speeches of the authorities.

In the brief intervention of the minister before mass media it commented that the BCV approved by extraordinary initiative a sub-office of this bank near where the gold is processed.

It reiterated the policy of the Mibam to unify all the processes of the mining in all scales, being admitted the importance and its root in the bolivarense culture like economic activity.

It indicated that far from to attack the mining with the Caura Plan, that from April is evacuating the orerators of illegal deposits and that are described by him like “successful and welcomed well by the population”, the ministry looks for to organize the activity for generates benefits to all the Venezuelans and not to a group.

Labor dialogue
In relation to the letter sent by vice-president Ejecutivo of the Republic, Elías Jaua, that impose limits of action to the Mibam to discuss the collective hirings, Khan misestimate this vision and interpretation of the letter.

“That is an electoral manipulation what it has been said. A conversation has already begun, but the discussion is not closed and that happens through a process that is more than 20 years old, cannot be approved hirings if the availability of the companies does not allow it, that passes through a series of steps and processes by all well-known ones”.

Besides the protocolic acts in the Place Bolivar, minister Khan and the president of Venrus, a.c., Laura Walls, they inaugurated a room of mining qualification within the facilities of the company in Isidora Mine, that will serve to give courses to the communal advice.

Hairdo by the traditions
Madamas of the musical grouping Family Ground animated to the president of the CVG that did not resist to the Calipso and danced spiritedly. The president Walls also “moved the skeleton”, without modesties taking care of the call of the callaoense folklore.

Passed ínterin dance the invited civil servants and came to the third part of the programmed activities. Laura Walls, that have been few days in the position in the mixed miner, abrió to its speech with the phrase “the small differences in the yield make great differences in the results, when I arrived at this company almost was paralyzed now is active. With a management of abiertas doors, dialogue and joint responsibility”.

It called to the members of the Venrus family to work “without meanness. All we want equality, but the best equality for all”.

On the other hand “Chinese” the Khan related the second anniversary of the company/signature of the agreement Russia Venezuela to the importance of the Bicentennial of the company/signature of the act of Independence and the continuity of the fight by the liberation of the towns, emphasizing the necessity to harness the development with impact in the lowest layers of the society.

Substantial improvements

Workers of Venrus, a.c., who before toiled for the transnational Hecla American, defendant of violations to the human rights of their employees, affirm that the change of employer has seated to them well.

Edwar Lopez, Secretary General of Sintracallao de Venrus. “This one is the second anniversary of the company/signature of the agreement and the first year of the company like so. Yes we have had improvements as the wage and the benefits, we want that these leave to the communities and more local well-being is generated”.

Ruby Chirinos, act secretary and correspondence of Sintracallao. “We are very contentments, we have given the fight, all know that the previous company left by violation human rights and the truth are far better that before and want to continue improving”.

Exaviel Alexander, Secretary General of Venrus in the Camorra. “We felt pleased with the development that the company has had we congratulated, it by this anniversary and we hoped that it continues generating well-being the workers and the communities, because we must leave to them”.

Maria Rodriguez, waiter of Venrus. “I congratulate to the company and I am contented to belong to her. Him desire the best thing because in the measurement that the company is or we we are or and we took well-being to our families, children and communities, where they need to us”.

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