13 Miners Trapped in Russian Gold Mine as Rescue Operation Halted Due to Safety Concerns

Published: 01 April 2024 at 11:09

Politics

In Russia's Amur region, 13 miners remain trapped more than 120 meters underground in the Pioneer gold mine following a landslide, with flooded caverns complicating rescue efforts. The operator, Pokrovsky Mine, called off the operations deeming it too dangerous to continue, citing risks of another collapse. Despite efforts by emergency workers and an investigation into safety violations, the termination of the rescue mission was deemed necessary. The mine is owned by Ural Mining And Metallurgical Company (UMMC), facing sanctions, and its managing director was recently arrested amidst the ongoing crisis.

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Metallurgy of Russia (Wikipedia)

Metallurgy section on site Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Russian Ministry of Industry, March 18, 2009, at Internet Archive</ref> The volume of metallurgical production was 1.87 trillion rubles (2009). Investments in fixed assets in metallurgy were 280 billion rubles (2008). The average salary in the metallurgical industry was 23,258 rubles / month (March 2010).

Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (Wikipedia)

Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC or UGMK, Russian: Открытое акционерное общество «Уральская горно-металлургическая компания») is a Russian metallurgical company based in Verkhnyaya Pyshma. It is the second largest copper producer in Russia.The holding company was formed around joint-stock company Uralelektromed in 1999. The main owner of the company is Uzbek billionaire Iskander Makhmudov. The president of the company is Andrew Kozitsin (Russian: Козицын, Андрей Анатольевич).The company owns about 50 companies located throughout Russia. In 2022, the company's revenue amounted to 299 billion rubles.