More than 30 killed in Sudan gold mine collapse

International

28-12-2021, 20:21

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Baghdad-INA
At least 31 miners were killed and eight missing in Sudan on Tuesday when a rudimentary gold mine collapsed, a government official said.
The disaster occurred near Nuhud, a town about 500 kilometres (310 miles) west of Khartoum, said Khaled Dahwa, the head of the state-run Mineral Resources Company in West Kordofan.

"Thirty-one traditional miners were killed because of a mine collapsing," he told AFP, adding one person survived and eight others were still missing.

Another official at the company said four miners were killed at the same mine in January.

"Authorities at the time shut down the mine and installed security but a couple of months ago they left," he said.

Artisanal gold mining is a dangerous profession in Sudan largely due to ramshackle infrastructure.