After a trying week Anvil Mining (AVM-T, AVM-A) has put its Kulu copper mine back into full production in the southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
A national holiday in the central African country meant the company missed its original target of being in full production on May 1.
Operations had been on hold and two employees were taken 250 km away from the mine after violence broke out in the town of Kolwezi, roughly 8 km from the mine.
An Anvil employee and a sub-contracted security guard were burned alive when protestors set fire to an Anvil guesthouse. The blaze was set in protest of an artisanal miner allegedly being killed while being chased off of Anvil property by security guards.
The company says all of its employees are back at work, and the plant is back to running above the design capacity of 170 tonnes of concentrate per day.
Anvil says the funerals for the two dead took place last week and that the company will give the families of its dead employees any help that they need.
Reports from Agence France-Presse said that in addition to the death of the artisanal miner, eyewitnesses saw two others killed when police dispersed protesters with live ammunition.
Officials from the government of Katanga told an African news agency that one person was confirmed dead from police gunfire.
An investigation is being carried out by police authorities in the region.
In Toronto on May 2, Anvil’s shares were off 1.2% or 1 to $8.30 on roughly 25,000 shares traded.
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