Bleak Christmas for miners as Mowana suspends operations

Friday, December 14, 2018

FRANCISTOWN: The financial condition of Cradle Arc continues to deteriorate as the company indefinitely suspended its Mowana Copper Mine (MCM) operations in Botswana. The company and the trade union have confirmed the latest developments.

For the workers facing a bleak Christmas, they have had to endure hardship for the past months. For the past three months, MCM has not been able to pay its workers and service providers well on time.

According to an employee of MCM, the workers have not been paid their November salaries.

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Bleak Christmas for miners as Mowana suspends operations

FRANCISTOWN: The financial condition of Cradle Arc continues to deteriorate as the company indefinitely suspended its Mowana Copper Mine (MCM) operations in Botswana. The company and the trade union have confirmed the latest developments.

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