In the Sverdlovsk region, 80 miners went on strike because of rumors of mass layoffs

In the Sverdlovsk region in the village of Malysheva, 80 miners of the Mariinsky mine (managed by RT-Capital LLC of the Rostec state corporation) refused to rise to the surface due to rumors about the mass layoffs of employees and the liquidation of the enterprise, Kommersant was told in a press release. service of the company “RT-Capital”.

Director of the department for labor and employment of the population of the region Dmitry Antonov said that “the issue of reemployment of employees of the Mariinsky mine is under the special control of the department, and we have already begun work to ensure the employment of all specialists.”

According to the head of the Malyshevsky urban district, Maria Rubtsova, the government has no information about the mass reduction of employees. As options for employment of employees of the Mariinsky mine, in particular, the Malyshevskoye Mining Administration, Ural ATI, and the Building Service company are indicated.

“Several activists have raised the collective’s ears, provoked a strike, and refuse to leave the mine. Dissatisfaction is caused by the plans for the development of the mine, which provide for the conservation of the mine, the transition to open-pit mining, the construction of a flotation factory and in general, ”the department of information policy of the region quotes comments from RT-Capital.

Representatives of the “Mariinsky mine” noted that now the company is aimed at reducing the net loss and improving financial stability. In accordance with the plans, the enterprise will switch to less expensive and more modern methods of extraction and processing of raw materials.

According to Rostec, since 2020, the corporation has been conducting a “financial resuscitation” of the Mariinsky mine, which is currently unprofitable. More than 1.5 billion rubles. spent on improvements, repayment of senior debts and wages, as well as to finance current activities.

As employees of the Mariinsky mine told Kommersant, “at the moment, a subsidiary of the state corporation Rostec, LLC RT-Capital, has unilaterally decided to close the mine, stop work on the beryllium program and dismiss personnel.”

The press service of RT-Capital noted that now 83 people remain in the mine, about 20 employees came to the surface after talking with the administration of the mine. “With those who continue the destructive line, the conversation will be tough, up to dismissal and recovery of damages,” the report says.

The Malyshevskoe emerald-beryllium deposit is the largest emerald deposit in Europe, one of three in the world and the only one in Russia. “Mariinsky mine” arose on the basis of an emerald-beryllium deposit, discovered at the beginning of the 19th century. The main components of the deposit are emerald and beryllium oxide, associated – chrysoberyl, phenakite, alexandrite, phlogopite, lithium, rubidium, cesium.

Polina Khabarova, Yekaterinburg