JOHANNESBURG - Australian and Brazilian mining giants are moving villagers to land insufficient for farming and far from jobs to make way for coal projects in central Mozambique, and then sidelining local entrepreneurs as they exploit the region's natural resources, according to a new report.
The independent Southern Africa Resource Watch, which monitors the impact of mining across the region, sent researchers to study resettlement efforts by Rio Tinto of Australia and Vale of Brazil, which recently began mining in Mozambique's Tete province.
In a statement sent to AP late Wednesday, Vale said it spent three years working with villagers to plan the resettlements of some 1,200 families. Vale said it was helping farmers in the new villages, and has built schools, a police station and a clinic in the mining area.
Rio Tinto did not respond to requests for comment.
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