Khartoum , Match 21(Darfur24) The traditional miners at the Sengo Mines in South Darfur face the threat of confiscation and fines if they violate the guidelines of the Sudan Mineral Resources Company.
In a circular issued in January, the company obligated traditional miners not to keep mining residues for more than two weeks from their production, and stressed that they be transferred under the supervision of the Sudanese company’s workers to verify environmental safety procedures, and not to be transferred from one state to another, and the company warned violators of their exposure to confiscation.
Mohamed Ali, head of the steering committee for the owners of water mills in the Singo Mines, told Darfur 24 that miners are being blackmailed by the Al-Junaid Company owned by the Rapid Support Forces.
The head of the steering committee accused the Sudanese company of siding with Al-Junaid, citing environmental safety.
Darfur 24 inquired about the director of the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company, Mubarak Ardol, who confirmed the circular issued by the company, and said that the circular was directed to all mines, with an emphasis on mines located in the rich savannah belt due to the approaching rainy season and the rising fears of the melting of mining residues in rainwater.
Ardol indicated that the decision is in compliance with environmental requirements, in addition to the fact that the square in question belongs to Al-Junaid Company, which obtained the mining concession in it, and it should be vacated to the company, as happened with other companies.
Ardol made it clear that the Sudanese company is not interested in buying the “karta” and it is not within its competence to interfere in prices.