Work at Raspadskaya mine in Kuzbass suspended after fire
At the Raspadskaya coal mine in the Kemerovo region, work was suspended due to a fire.
At the Raspadskaya coal mine in the Kemerovo region, work was suspended due to a fire. This was reported by the press service of the EMERCOM in the region.
“The coal plant has been suspended. The forces of the VGSG [paramilitary mining rescue unit] in the mine control the gas atmosphere, — stated in the message.
When work will resume, it is not specified.
The fire occurred on September 30 in the dismantling chamber of the mine.
The fire was eliminated, 305 people were evacuated to the surface. No casualties.
The Raspadskaya mine is one of the enterprises of the Raspadskaya coal company in the Kemerovo region and the flagship for the production of coking coal of the gas fatty (GJ) brand. Its design capacity is 7.5 million tons per year, balance reserves exceed 1.2 billion tons, the enterprise employs more than 2.1 thousand people, follows from the company’s data. The mine was built from 1973 to 1977, in 2013 Raspadskaya became part of the Evraz group.
