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2019年2月5日

作者:
Ivan Mugisha, The East African (Kenya)

Rwanda: 14 killed after hill collapse in Piran Rwanda mine; company comments

"14 killed after hill collapses on mine in Rwanda", 21 January 2019.

At least 14 people, among them seven women, were killed when a hill collapsed on a mine in eastern Rwamagana district in Rwanda...a local administration official Jean Claude Rwagasana told The EastAfrican that there were no survivors...The mining site is owned by Piran Rwanda Limited, a British firm with a 25-year licence for two concessions in Ntunga and Musha in Eastern Province. Mr Rwagasana said the firm had put in place all necessary safety precautions, adding that the last mining accident in the area occured in 2017 but there were no casualties...Last year, the Rwanda Mines Petroleum and Gas Board introduced stringent law in a bid to ban artisanal mining saying the regulation is intended to attract “serious” investors who can afford modern practices that are not harmful to the environment and the miners...