Deslizamento de terra em mina de jade mata mais de 100 trabalhadores em Mianmar

Landslide At Jade Mine Kills Over 100 Workers In Myanmar

Written by Flavia Marinho

Published on 02/07/2020 at 12:54

Deslizamento de terra em mina de jade mata mais de 100 trabalhadores em Mianmar

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Mine Collapse In Asia Leaves Over 100 Dead. Miners Were Buried by Mud Caused by Heavy Rains in the Region.

More than 126 workers died in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, local firefighters reported on the morning of Thursday (07/02). Eletronuclear Will Present to ELETROBRAS Its Plan for Accelerating the Construction of the Angra 3 Nuclear Plant.

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The tragedy occurred after a heavy storm hit the mine in Hpakant, a remote municipality in the Kachin state. The miners were extracting jade when a wave of mud, triggered by the heavy rains in the region, invaded the mine.

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“The miners were swept away by a torrent of mud caused by the heavy rains,” a statement released by the firefighters on their Facebook page stated. “The total toll so far is 126 dead,” the note added.

“Rescue operations are ongoing,” fire department sources said, after a police commander in the area indicated that search efforts had been halted due to heavy rains.

Landslides in mines are a frequent accident in Kachin state. At least 54 people died in such accidents in April 2019 while working in the lucrative yet poorly regulated jade industry, which employs underpaid migrants to extract this semiprecious stone in high demand in China.

Myanmar is the world’s largest producer of jadeite, a highly valued variety of jade that is primarily mined in the Kachin mountains, and its resources help finance both sides of a civil war that has been fought for decades by Kachin ethnic insurgents and the Myanmar military.

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