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Central African Republic shuts gold mine after collapse kills more than 100
The Central African Republic's government on Saturday closed down a gold mining site that killed more than 100 people when it collapsed earlier this week, citing non-compliance with regulatory procedures. Ruffin Benam Beltoungou, the minister of mines and geology, announced the closure of the Zamboye site in the western part of the country. He cited "non-compliance with mining standards and non-compliance with administrative directives," as an investigation into the collapse of the gold mine continues. Several other people were injured in the collapse. The gold mine collapse was the latest mining disaster in the mineral-rich Central African nation. Disasters such as this are common where a significant part of the population depends on small-scale extraction mining for livelihood. They are exposed to high risk because miners don't have enough protection. Regulation of the mines is weak, regularly leading to deadly outcomes. A search for survivors by local workers was hampered by a l
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Gold mine collapses in Central African Republic, killing at least 30 miners
An artisanal gold mining site collapsed Tuesday in the western part of Central African Republic, killing at least 30 miners and leaving others trapped, authorities and residents said. The mine collapsed Tuesday morning in the Abba region of the Nana-Mambere prefecture, according to Florian Gaguende, one of the surviving miners. He said rescuers were searching for additional miners believed trapped, but that the chances of finding them alive "is getting slimmer." The sub-prefecture's deputy mayor, Souleymane Bi, said rescuers and residents managed over several hours to pull 30 bodies from the collapsed mine, and that injured miners were receiving treatment.
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