ENGINEERING DIVISION

MINING PROCESSING COURSE

Dear collaborator, this questionnaire aims to obtain information on environmental impacts,
taking into account the misuse of explosives in the dismantling of coal and safety at this stage in
the company vale Mozambique. We emphasize that any answer provided here will have as its
sole objective the development of a scientific work at the university and the identity of the
respondents will be kept in total anonymity. Thank you very much for your collaboration.

Name: ____________________________________, date__________

1. Are the explosives made in the best possible way?

a) Yes
b) No
2. The workers and the company are aware of what the lack of safety in the stage of dismantling
by explosive, can cause irreparable damage?
a) Yes
b) No
3. The population of the Moatize region, specifically the town of Moatize, are informed of the
dangers of the explosive dismantling operation?
a) Yes
b) No
4. The company has qualified personnel for this operation of dismantling by explosive?
a) Yes
b) No
5. What is the level of knowledge of the safety procedures in the use of explosives, in the
dismantling of coal?

1 to 10

6. Measures are used to mitigate the impacts and effects coming from the misuse of explosives
in the detonation of mineral coal?
a) Yes
b) No
7. Taking into account the environmental impacts of this activity that the company has on these
impacts?
a) does its utmost to reduce
b) does not manifest itself
 c) try to find possible methods
d) is indifferent to the impacts of
8. It is remarkable that in the Moatize region there are fine particles in what the company does
to mitigate these impacts?
a) Yes, they do their best
b) No, they do nothing
c) try to find effective methods
9. Taking into account that the emission of fine particles from mineral coal is always frequent in
the dismantling of rocks and measures are taken to mitigate these impacts?
a) Yes
b) No

1. Are the explosives made in the best possible way?

number of responses
obtained
Yes 100%
No 0%

2. The workers and the company are aware of what the lack of safety in the stage
of dismantling by explosive, can cause irreparable damage?
 number of responses
obtained
Yes 74%
No 26%

3. The population of the Moatize region, specifically the town of Moatize, are
informed of the dangers of the explosive dismantling operation?

number of responses
obtained
Yes 26%
No 74%

4. The company has qualified personnel for this operation of dismantling by

explosive?
number of responses
obtained
Yes 100%
No 0%

5. What is the level of knowledge of the safety procedures in the use of explosives,
in the dismantling of coal?
number of responses
obtained
Yes
No

6. Measures are used to mitigate the impacts and effects coming from the misuse
of explosives in the detonation of mineral coal?
number of responses
 obtained
Yes 94%
No 6%

7. Taking into account the environmental impacts of this activity that the company
has on these impacts?
number of responses
obtained
does its utmost to reduce 48%
does not manifest itself 15%
try to find possible methods 20%
is indifferent to the impacts of 17%

8. It is remarkable that in the Moatize region there are fine particles in what the
company does to mitigate these impacts?
number of responses
obtained
Yes, they do their best 0%
No, they do nothing 100%
try to find effective methods 0%

9. Taking into account that the emission of fine particles from mineral coal is always
frequent in the dismantling of rocks and measures are taken to mitigate these
impacts
number of responses
obtained
Yes 70%
No 30%