Lulo Mining Company and Workers’ Labor Union Commission have recently signed a  collective job agreement for two years, which reflect the parties’ willingness to continue working to improve the conditions of the workers assigned to the mine, located in the municipality of Lucapa, Lunda-Norte province.

During the negotiations, the vice-chairman of the Lulo Mining Company’s Management Board, Henrique Campos, called on the workers to suspend the strike, warning of the damage resulting from the stoppage of activities at the mine.

Henrique Campos also said that the Lulo mine has quality diamonds, but they are not produced in large quantities, and the location where the mine is operating does not guarantee the continuity of work for many years.

The workers’ complaints are mainly linked to wage issues, according to information published by some media outlets, which claim that the company is “very rich” and has “a lot of money”.

Reacting to the information, Henrique Campos said that a large part of the money raised from the sale of Lulo’s diamonds is used to pay salaries and cover other expenses inherent to the company’s activity.

“Faced with the current situation, we have made an effort to keep the mine fully operational and it was with the good of the workers in mind that we decided to tightly manage our financial resources in order to continue paying salaries regularly and without delays,” he said.