The mining company Bissa Gold SA has undertaken measures to reduce its staff in order to be able to cope with the many difficulties it is experiencing recently, AIB learned from workers .
The mining company Bissa Gold has started a series of internal communications since January 2024 aimed at encouraging voluntary departures of its staff.
A reduction in its workforce is even underway for various reasons.
According to a source well informed of the situation, Bissa Gold is going through several difficulties.
‘Currently the mine is short of ore and the pit which supplied the factory is about to be closed in May. The Zandkoom and Bouly extensions are also unable to operate the mine properly,’ our source indicated.
In addition to these reasons, certain important equipment that needed to be renewed is blocked, as are certain accounts that are frozen following international sanctions against Russia.
To cope with all these constraints, Bissa Gold has initiated a measure to reduce its staff.
More than 90 people
were affected. But with certain relaxation measures such as voluntary departures (early retirements and resignations), 61 people should ultimately be reduced.
All departments and all jobs are affected except the factory.
A Bissa Gold official confirmed to the AIB that the retrenchment process is underway but declined to comment on the reasons.
As a reminder, Bissa Gold is a subsidiary of the Russian group Nordgold. It began mining in 2013 in Bam.
Source: Burkina Information Agency