{"id":44980,"date":"2021-12-14T12:31:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T12:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/piran-rwanda-ltd-pledges-to-promote-eco-friendly-mining-activities\/"},"modified":"2021-12-14T12:40:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T12:40:59","slug":"piran-rwanda-ltd-pledges-to-promote-eco-friendly-mining-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/piran-rwanda-ltd-pledges-to-promote-eco-friendly-mining-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Piran Rwanda Ltd pledges to promote eco-friendly mining activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ceremony took place on Saturday 11th December 2021 in Musha sector, Rwamagana district in Eastern Province where the company runs operations.  <\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s day was celebrated under the theme \u201cResponsible mining for proper working conditions and environment protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Managing Director of Piran Rwanda, Lionel Sematuro has said that the company makes possible efforts to ensure workers\u2019 safety is guaranteed and promote environment preservation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have over 1150 workers including women [over 12% representation]. All of them are taken care of in accordance with legal provisions.  So far, everyone is subscribed to Ejo Heza saving scheme,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPiran attaches great relevance on environment conservation by restoring degraded land and planting as many as possible trees.  In line with these efforts, we also want to plant 500,000 trees in the next five years,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Karemera, one of employees working with Piran Rwanda since 2014   revealed that the company helped him to lead decent life and feed his family. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have attained commendable progress where some of us have built houses. Our safety at work is guaranteed that our families are not worried. Besides, we also receive mattresses to sleep comfortably and other items to be paid in installments,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>Rwamagana district vice mayor for economic affairs, Jeanne d\u2019Arc Nyirabihogo thanked Piran for its contribution to improved residents\u2019 wellbeing.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also thank you for subscribing your employees for Mutuelle de Sant\u00e9 and donating bicycles to those living in far distant areas.  Keep up the good work to promote residents\u2019 livelihoods,\u201d she said.  <\/p>\n<p>Nyirabihogo also urged Piran to continue helping workers to make good use of earnings by instilling saving culture. <\/p>\n<p>Piran Rwanda Limited started operations in Rwamagana district in 2014. The company extracts minerals in three sectors of Musha, Munyiginya and Mwulire. <\/p>\n<p>In a bid to continue promoting improved livelihoods, the company plans to build houses for vulnerable residents in the aforementioned sectors.  <\/p>\n<p>Since 2018, Piran has planted 100,000 trees on 160 hectares.  <\/p>\n<p>Among others, 500 families in the surroundings of its operations have received fruit trees to fight malnutrition.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40374 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/apara.jpg\" alt=\"Officials also visited one of the company&#039;s tunnels. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40372 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/apara_6.jpg\" alt=\"Some of minerals extracted in Rwamagana.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40371 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/apara_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40373 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/apara_lio.jpg\" alt=\"The Managing Director of Piran Rwanda, Lionel Sematuro has said that the company makes possible efforts to ensure workers\u2019 safety is guaranteed. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40370 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/apara_3.jpg\" alt=\"The ceremony was marked with the planting of trees to preserve the environment. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40369 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/apara_2.jpg\" alt=\"Piran Rwanda Ltd has revealed that employees are  treated gently in accordance with labour law. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40368 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/apara_wa.jpg\" alt=\"Employees were rewarded for outstanding performance. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Piran Rwanda Limited, a mining company focused on the production and exploration of tin, tantalum and tungsten has celebrated the International Mining Day with a pledge to promote environment friendly activities.} <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-44980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44980"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=44980"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=44980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}