The Ministry of Energy and Mines Antonio Isa Conde has announced that Dovemco has been given an 11-month extension to continue bauxite extraction operations in the southwestern province of Pedernales. The decision to give extra time for the operations was made to allow for the start of an increase in tourism operations in the area. Isa Conde said that President Medina had instructed him to wait until new jobs were created in sustainable tourism projects in the pipeline that have not yet started.
The announcement was made in a press conference at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Thursday 3 December 2015.
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