Yet again production of phosphate rock in Tunisia has been severely curtailed by sit-ins and local unrest. For the second consecutive week, production and/or transport of rock has been halted at most of the major mines in the Gafsa region, including Redayef, Oum Larayes , Metaloui , Kef Eddour and Kef Chefayer. According to local press reports, only the mine and beneficiation facilities at M'dhilla are currently operating. Unemployed protesters have been organising sit-ins at a number of the mines as well as the railway stations at Redayef and Oum Larayes while also blocking water supplies to the mines.
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