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Ministers in İliç: Search operations have been suspended until the landslide stops

Ministers in İliç: Search operations have been suspended until the landslide stops

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that search and rescue operations have been suspended until the sliding stops at the site where 9 miners are trapped underground following the gold mine disaster in the İliç district of Erzincan.

21 February 2024

'Anagold mining's licenses not revoked'

CHP DEPUTY DENİZ YAVUZYILMAZ:

'Anagold mining's licenses not revoked'

The Republican People's Party deputy Yavuzyılmaz stated that the six licenses of the mine issued by the Ministry of Energy have not been revoked following the disaster at the gold mine in İliç.

19 February 2024

Gold mine disaster: Canadian executive of the company also detained

Gold mine disaster: Canadian executive of the company also detained

The Erzincan Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that "a total of eight individuals, including a Canadian national holding the position of employer representative for the relevant company, who is assessed to have negligence in the occurrence of the incident according to initial findings, were detained on February 14."

16 February 2024

The wait continues for workers trapped under the soil in İliç gold mine

The wait continues for workers trapped under the soil in İliç gold mine

Cihat Karadağ, one of the coworkers of the workers trapped underground, said he thought there was an earthquake at the time of the incident, and rushed outside.

15 February 2024

Cyanide solution leaks from waste pond in Erzincan: 'It's Turkey's Chernobyl'

Cyanide solution leaks from waste pond in Erzincan: 'It's Turkey's Chernobyl'

Some 20 cubic meters of solution leaked into the Euphrates River last week. Activities of the company operating the gold mine has been temporarily halted.

1 July 2022 Fatma Temel