The ministry said in a press release Friday it will analyze alongside the National Uranium Company both the situation at the mining company and miners’ demands, and the solutions agreed upon will be presented on August 15.
According to the ministry, miners will resume work on Monday.
About 300 miners at the Crucea mine barricaded themselves underground Thursday morning displeased with wages and work conditions. They decided to continue protests after negotiations between unionists and the mining company’s management failed later Thursday. Protesters complained that their wages, which do not exceed 1,500 lei (EUR322) per month, had not been raised since 2009.
The Crucea mining exploitation is the only uranium exploitation in Romania. It has to pits, Crucea and Botusanu, and supplies raw material to the Cernavoda nuclear plant. (EUR1=RON4.6481)