Workers in limbo as Debswana shuts down mines

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The fate of approximately 580 workers at Debswana's Damtshaa Mine and Orapa Mine's No. 2 plant will be decided this week when negotiations between the Botswana Mineworkers Union and management are concluded.

Damtshaa Mine and Orapa Mine's No. 2 plant will be closed for 2009 as a cost-cutting measure as the stranglehold of the global economic downturn tightens.

The production cuts were approved by the Debswana board last Thursday. The board also approved the company's business plan and budget for 2009 which included aligning operational activities with the current recession.

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