Atiza Company Mine 7C

The Atiza Company is named after one of the explorers to whom the discovery of alumentum is attributed. It is a massive, thoroughly government-regulated operation with alumentum mines all throughout La Tantani and the Azor Islands. The Atiza Company brings in nearly half of the alumentum used in Grenagem, and that proportion is rising annually thanks in part to the recent innovations of engineers like Lara Sedos.

Significant additions, including a complete overhaul 60 years ago after major safety issues, have been made to the barracks. All other facilities at the mine have been expanded over time.

Mine 7C contains of a massive barracks unit hosting almost 2,000 workers, segregated by gender. Other facilities include off-duty units for workers to relax and mingle (in approved ways) between shifts, a robust headquarters with offices, storage, and officers' and foremen's quarters, and a medical bay for treatment of serious workplace injuries and management of long-term cases of aluma-rot and coughinf fits caused by prolonged alumentum exposure. There is also a factory and dock where mined alumentum is processed and prepared to be shipped off via airship back to Grenagem.   In addition to these facilities, there is the mine itself. Mine 7C is a colossal tunnel network that requires signposting (although workers complain this is inadequate), steam-powered lifts, and many supervisors and other staff on-hand that don't directly assist with the mining.

Mine 7C is located less than 300 miles inland off the Northern coast of La Tantani, and has existed for nearly 80 years. In that time, it has expanded to more than three times its original size, with equal growth in staff size.   The vast majority of workers at Mine 7C are Tantanese people who have been brought back to Grenagem, then assigned to the mine back on their home continent. This has created resentment among workers, but many Tantanese slum-dwellers in Grenagem still hope to be sent back home, even in this capacity.   Mine 7C employs about 70% men, 25% women, and 5% nonbinary (though nonbinary workers are recording by the government as either men or women).   Working conditions have always been a point contention at Mine 7C, and while there is usually little workers can do about this, the mine has undergone multiple revolts. After each one, more administration staff is added to the facilities, and the conditions the miners revolted over - be it hours, pay, safety, sanitation, or something else - generally degrade slowly over time back to how they were. Each time this happens, it takes longer for a revolt to form as the workers are systematically more supressed, diverted, and silenced.