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posted on Jul 19, 2009 08:18AM
CVG Bauxilum dies slowly
Writing by Stopped Henry Lopez - Photo: Pedro Gives Whistles
Saturday, 18 of 2009 July
*** The alumina plant of CVG Bauxilum is practically falling to pieces and before that the reporteril equipment of New Press of Guayana presents/displays the reality that lives in the areas on production on the company refiner ***

As the saying goes popular, “ an image is worth than thousand words more ”, and in the edition a little could yesterday be known more thoroughly the problematic one than it exists in CVG Bauxilum, company that agonizes before the sad glance of its workers and that according to his operative conditions it is less than with three months of active life.

Therefore it is possible to be concluded that the alumina plant of CVG Bauxilum is practically falling to pieces, as could be stated in a route realised by the reporteril equipment of New Press of Guayana, accompanied by Basic minister of Industry and Minería, Rodolfo Sanz, by the areas of production of the alumina refiner, which stopped being “ to the beautiful Rep it of the companies of the CVG ” to become a pump of time on the verge of exploding.

Pipes and tanks without their thermal covering, full sand corridors of highly injurious chemical residues, mountain range of bauxite residues in the work areas and rivers and lagoons of caustic soda water liquor in the middle of the factory, robbed protagonism to him to minister Sanz during their second crossed by the plant in their management to the front of the Mibam.

Area by area

In the route the precarious situation could be known the area 33, in which it does two months less than happened an accident that it most of has to a worker under medical cares with burns in his body and where the majority of their companions adduces that the wreck was provoked to obey orders of a superior that forced supposedly it to work with a aggravated equipment.

Also area 34 was crossed, well-known like “ de-sanded ”, that is where it happens the separation of the remainders or bauxite residues, which take place in the stage of dissolution of alumina in caustic liquor.

In that place gigantic batteries of remainders in all the structure of this area were observed, which generates a latent risk in the plant because all the weight of the residues could bring about a collapse of all the metallic structure.

Also it was listened to that this area must be under maintenance and cleaning of groups of workers who toil the 24 hours of the day, but as soon as there is only one cooperative that realises workings and the same has more than five weeks without receiving by this work.

Also it was observed that the tanks present/display an advanced deterioration, as much so many did not have his thermal covering necessary to maintain the content of these deposits of chemical liquids of CVG Bauxilum hot.

A case to emphasize during the passage of the route was the discussion supported by minister Sanz between the manager of Maintenance of CVG Bauxilum with one of his subalter to us, that debated what was due to realise with of the aggravated tanks of the plant, where the worker requested a complete maintenance whereas the manager expressed that the same could wait for a year more for the salvation of the equipment.

In the end, half altered minister Sanz it gave the reason him to the worker and ordered the president of CVG Bauxilum that included the repair of the tank within the adjustments of emergencia which they would be realised in the plant, with the investment of Bs.F 100 million promised by the minister.

Besides to observe all the problematic “ plants inside ” could to listen feeling of workers, who did not stop complaining the situation that exists in CVG Bauxilum, besides problematic the economic one derived from the world-wide crisis.

Also they lined up its denunciations against president Calvo, who was criticized to put to the company more than 30 workers than they are familiar and friendly, besides turning aside the bottoms contributed by the National Government to cover unnecessary expenses that went supposedly to the governmental beings.

Other that was not saved were the president of CVG Bauxilum, Carlos Acosta Perez, who was accused by a worker to acquire an equipment with supposed surcharge and that as soon as a month was used because the same did not serve.

The majority of the turned around workers used their card, like symbol of which they wish to remain in the anonymity from fear of being victims of retaliation on the part of the top managers of the companies.

Today there was no meeting either

The meeting of yesterday between the union leadership and minister of Basic Industries and Minería, was posponed for today to 9 morning, and the same would have the presence of the Secretary of Labor, Maria Cristina Church, and of commissioned deputies by president Chávez to solve the situation of the companies of aluminum.

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