3 workers died as a result of the collapse of a potash mine in Spain – #workers #died #result #collapse #potash #Spain
SURIA, Spain, March 9 (Reuters) – Rescuers in northeastern Spain have pulled the bodies of three dead geologists from a collapsed tunnel hundreds of meters (yards) underground at one of western Europe’s biggest potash mines, Catalan regional leader Pere Aragones said.
UPC said on its website that two of the victims were students, one at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and the other at the University of Barcelona, where a minute of silence was observed on Thursday afternoon.
According to Patricio Chacana, head of the local division of Tel Aviv-based ICL Group Ltd., one of them started an internship at the mine six days ago.
“We are in deep mourning for the death of our three comrades,” he told reporters, adding that the technicians were working that morning, as they do every day. 10 have reviewed the structural integrity of the reference point and the company will investigate what caused the collapse. .
Latest NewsEuropecategoryGeorgia judge party “foreign agents” law the project cancellation did, but the protests started again, video Article with Video Category Europe Sweden, Finland and Turkey NATO negotiates, agrees to more meetings, picture article
See 2 more stories
The incident happened at 9 a.m. (0800 GMT) at the mine in Suria, about 80 km (50 miles) north of Barcelona. The remaining workers in the mine were evacuated, officials said.
Firefighters had set up a large tent outside the mine, the company’s flag flying at half-staff before the deaths, which were first announced by regional union USOC, were confirmed.
“Unfortunately, we can confirm the death of three miners… their bodies have been exhumed and identified,” Aragones told reporters in Syria.
Roger Torrent, a senior official at Catalonia’s business department, said the mine passed a safety inspection in February.
In December 2013, Iberpotash said two of its employees died in a mine collapse in Syria.
Local media, 2020In June 2018, the company said that a worker died after colliding with a rock at the Vilafruns mine in the province of Barcelona. Three weeks later, a miner in a similar accident perished it happened The Vilafruns mine was shut down that year.
Potassium village it is used as a fertilizer in agriculture, and as a raw material in industries such as pharmaceuticals, explosives, glassmaking and chemistry.
Europe potash in the past year after the Union imposed sanctions on main supplier Belarus for its support for Russia’s intervention in Ukraine prices has become more expensive.
Adding by Steven Scheer in Jerusalem, David Latona and Aislinn Laing in Madrid report; Written by Charlie Devereux and Andrei Khalip; Edited by Sandra Mahler
Our standards: Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
2023-03-09 23:53:50
Source – reuters
Translation“24 HOURS”