Lisheen Mine staff fear for their jobs

WORKERS at the Lisheen Mines in Co Tipperary are concerned about the security of their jobs, according to a staff member who attended an information meeting with management yesterday.

New Indian owners, Vedanta Resources, have bought the Tipperary zinc mine along with other bigger mines in South Africa and Namibia from previous owners Anglo American Zinc as part of a €1.34bn deal, which estimated Lisheen’s value at $308m (€242m).

Vedanta won out in a bidding war with Anglo- Swiss mining group Xstrata and China Metallurgical.