Workers at Rusal's Guinea bauxite mine end strike, obtain salary rise

Compagnie des Alpes SA

06/06/2022 20:42

CONAKRY, June 6 (Reuters) - Striking employees of Russian
aluminium giant Rusal's  RUAL.MM  Guinea subsidiary Compagnie
des Bauxites de Dian-Dian (COBAD) returned to work on June 2,
one week after their protest action started, a union leader said
on Monday.
    The workers at COBAD went on strike on May 26 to demand
better pay and conditions.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2XI3W1
    "We obtained a 5% increase on our base salary, housing
allowance and guarantees for medical treatment," union leader
Yamoussa Bangoura told Reuters.
    Rusal did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
    Guinea is the world's second-largest producer of bauxite, an
ore used to make aluminium, and a key supplier of bauxite to
China. It produced 83 million tonnes of bauxite in 2021,
Guinea's mines ministry statistics showed.
    COBAD produced 3.59 million tonnes of bauxite last year,
while Rusal's other Guinea operation, Compagnie des Bauxites de
Kindia, produced 2.65 million tonnes, according to the mines
ministry.
      
     
    

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 (Reporting by Saliou Samb; Additional reporting by Helen Reid;
Writing by Sofia Christensen; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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