3 die, 10 stranded in Sudan's gold mine collapse
Date
12/8/2018 7:28:10 AM
(MENAFN) The Sudanese Mineral Resources Company confirmed three deaths as a gold mine crashed down, while other ten miners are still stranded.
In a statement, the company declared: "the mine collapsed on Thursday evening at Qabqaba area in Nahral-Neel State in Northern Sudan, where three miners were killed and three others injured."
It stressed that "as many as 10 miners are still trapped inside the collapsed mine with rescue teams communicating with them," assuring that the wounded were "in good condition."
Sudan, according to statistics, employs about 2 million in its traditional mining industry as it generates 90 percent of the gold in the country.
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