General News of Tuesday, 26 March 2019Source: Graphic.com.ghMine deaths: Shaanxi, Yenyeya and Pubortaaba mining companies fined $50,000These companies are alleged to have killed a total of 61 indigenes through their mining activitiesThe Shaanxi Mining Company Ghana Limited, located at Talensi in the Upper East Region has been fined $40,000 after it was found culpable in an explosion that claimed 16 lives near its concession. Among other things, the investigations revealed that Shaanxi Mining Ghana Limited, Yenyeya and Pubortaaba mining groups did not have blasting time notices posted in the Gbane community. “All prospecting companies namely Cassius Mining, Savannah Mining Ghana Limited, Shanxi Mining and Mineral Processing Resources Ghana Limited, who were all given portfolios of the Gbane-Datoko de-blocked small scale mining areas should be given a maximum of six months to complete all negotiations on transfer of licenses or any mining interests of small-scale miners,” he added. BackgroundOn January 23, 2019, Some 16 miners died after an explosion within the mining concession of Chinese company, Shaanxi Mining Ltd in the Upper East Region. The mining concession belonged to Shaanxi Mining Company, but the illegal miners tried to enter it through a different route.

Source: GhanaWeb March 26, 2019 20:48 UTC