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Industry minister Ansoma Kyeremeh told the media that the $ 50,000 fine was a violation of mining regulations that resulted in the death of 16 illegal miners in the Gbane mining community.
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The government imposed a $ 50,000 fine on three mining companies in Gbane, after they were convicted of an attack that killed 16 people in January.
The affected companies are the mining companies Shaanxi Mining Ghana Limited, Porbataba and Yenyeya.
The inspection committee of the Minerals Commission that conducted the investigations slammed Shaanxi, a mining group owned by China, with a fine equivalent to $ 40,000 for several offenses, including the appointment of one supervisor who could not communicate with his patrol team in the language they understood, a violation of the rule 508 of the LI 2182 and the storage of explosives in the ground without the permission of the l & # 39; Chief Inspector of Mines, a violation of Rule 163 of IR 2182.
The company has also been sanctioned for failing to ensure that a Commission inspector approves the code of safe work practices for blasting (Regulation 515 of the LI 2182), as well as not to register the Explosions that occurred on January 22 Chief's Logbook, a violation of Regulation 47 (10) of the LI 2182.
The committee also ordered Shaanxi Mining Ghana Limited to fire two of its employees, including the foreman, for giving up his job during the blast.
The fact-finding committee also sentenced two local companies, the Yenyeya and Portaaba Mining groups, to a fine of $ 10,000 for failing to receive blasting notices in the community of Gbane, in violation of regulation 193 (f) the LI 2177.
On January 22, a mbadive explosion in the mining concession of Shaanxi Mining Ltd, a Chinese company, claimed the lives of 16 people. Eyewitnesses said that a puff of smoke had strangled them.
The tragedy occurred at dawn while workers of the Talensi district based company carried out an explosion of explosives in order to exploit them.
Following the disaster, the Minerals Commission ordered the Chinese company to cease operations while the committee investigated the cause of the tragedy.
Speaking to media in Accra on Tuesday, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Ansoma Kyeremeh, said the $ 50,000 fine targeted mining regulatory violations resulting in the death of 16 illegal miners .
In its report, the committee observed that neither Shaanxi Mining Ghana Group Ltd., Yenyeya Mining Group nor Portaaba Mining Group have notices of blasting posted in the Gbane Mining community, which contravenes Regulation 193 (F) of L.I 2177.
"They badumed that community members knew about the blasting hours," he added, adding that "the pre-blast inspection was inadequate because some of the illegal miners would have been hidden underground, but the inspection team did not detect their presence. "
The committee's report also recommended that a certain Kwasi Appiah, owner of the Bantama mine, whose dead illegal miners had used the well to connect to the Yenyeya and Porbataba concession, be prosecuted.
The committee also recommended the dismissal of Thomas Tii, director of the Yenyeya metro, "for using explosives that could not be found in the explosives storage books in order to carry out explosions", in flagrant violation of Rule 46 of IR 2177.
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