The main tin producing company and the tin smelting facility have since been recaptured. The state encountered a problem when the cooperatives took over a nationalized mine that employed 800 mine workers. The conflict that erupted between the mine workers and the cooperatives resulted in 16 lives being lost. The State intervened by hiring all 4 000 cooperatives' workers as an attempt to permanently resolve the conflict. The workforce was increased from 800 to 4 800 without any increase in production levels. The state decided to open a new plant with the capacity of 3 000 tons per day to accommodate the increased workforce. Fortunately the international price of tin has been high and therefore, the State has not suffered the adverse effects of an over-sized workforce. The melting facility relating to the afore-mentioned plant is currently being modernized. The new furnace has the facility to smelt all tin produced in the country.