Protest in Mozambique blocks coal train line
AFP reports about 500 protesters blocked a coal train line in Mozambique in a dispute with Vale over housing.
Education manager for mining in SA Lyndon Giles says this [training] includes shift work and moving away from home. "It's not all beer and skittles when they talk about $100,000 a year, there's a lot of challenges, particularly working in isolated areas, a long way away from family, all them come into play when you look at a career change so we try and get these people accustomed to what they are going to expect."