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General News of Saturday, March 30, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-03-30
Over the years, the mining company has had to deal with the intrusion of illegal miners
The Small-scale Miners' Association of Upper East has criticized the Minerals Commission for failing to give priority to the families of those killed in the mine's explosion in Gbane.
Sixteen people were killed after an explosion near the Shaanxi mine in January 2019.
The mine was ordered to suspend its activities during the investigation, after which it was fined sixty thousand dollars, in badociation with its partners, for various offenses.
However, speaking to Citi News, Acting President of the Upper East Artisbad Miners' Association, Robert Tampore said the result of the investigation had been unfair to the Talensi population.
"They never talked about compensation for the 17 people who died, they never talked about compensation for them. Why should you talk about giving money to the Minerals Commission and forget about the human being? Is the Minerals Commission important in relation to the dead human beings? We will not take it lightly. "
Over the years, the mining company has had to deal with the intrusion of illegal miners.
Eight clandestine miners are currently being tried in court, accused of illegally entering the Shaanxi mining company's operational sector and stealing gold ore.
Shaanxi Mining's license was suspended in 2017 for security reasons after the illegal mining activities resulted in the death of seven people.
Shaanxi Mining was finally allowed to start operations on August 28, 2017, after a three-month suspension, due to the improvement of its safety standards.
It is still necessary to resume operations following the January order to suspend operations to allow verification.
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