安达科洛位于智利科昆博地区北奇科山脉深处,是一座以采矿业为基础的城市。几代人以来,中小型手工采矿一直是社区的主要经济驱动力,雇用了当地劳动力的很大一部分。
手工和小规模采矿从个人的非正式自给采矿到小型商业采矿作业。其中一些小型铜矿开采作业与Teck的Carmen de Andacolo(CdA)作业非常接近。
安达科洛的小规模手工矿工通常在最低安全条件下工作,这使他们的健康和安全受到严重关注。为了帮助提高安全性和可持续性,泰克制定了一项免费土地使用计划,帮助手工采矿者在泰克拥有的土地上开展工作,符合智利国家地质和采矿服务安全要求。根据这项计划,CdA将土地借给手工采矿者一段特定的时间以供使用,而无需支付租金。在合同期结束时,手工采矿者将土地归还给泰克。
These free loans are offered through an open and efficient application process, where local miners approach the company, provide details of their application, and request an extraction point. CdA then reviews the request and verifies all safety conditions have been met. Once the safety plan has been approved, local miners are granted access to the land for four years in order to carry out the requested work.
As of October 2020, there were 34 active sites being used for small-scale mining in the area. In addition to the free land use program, Teck has also put together a safety support plan to assist artisanal miners in adhering to the requirements from the National Geology and Mining Service.
安达科洛手工和小矿工工会主席埃里克·贝里奥斯说:“得到泰克的支持是非常好的,因为这有助于手工矿工发展和改善他们的活动。“同时,它促进了安全文化的发展,使小矿工的心态发生了转变。”
埃里克·贝里奥斯,安达科洛手工和小矿工工会主席
这项工作是与安达科洛手工和小矿工工会协调完成的。泰克还与工会合作,通过Andacollo-Teck社区工作台设计一个选矿厂。目前正在对拟建工厂进行经济和可行性研究,安达科洛的小型矿工将利用该工厂帮助优化矿石回收率。这个项目一旦完成,将是当地手工矿工的一个重大成就,提高矿工的安全和生活质量。
Maintaining strong relationships with artisanal and small communal miners in Andacollo is important for CdA. By loaning land for medium-term use and working with local miners on safety plans that comply with national requirements, Teck is able to improve the health and safety of small and artisanal miners, as well as local workers in the area. Moving forward, Teck looks forward to continuing to build on these relationships.
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