The accident occurred at the Severnaya mine of the Vorkutaugol company (owned by the Severstal company ), the miners are being evacuated, the Komi Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

At 14.31 local time, a rock burst occurred in the longwall of the 412-z seam of the Moshchny mine of the Severnaya mine of Vorkutaugol JSC. There were 110 people in the mine at the time of the accident, the report said. Interfax writes with reference to the mine dispatcher that there were 88 people in it, the shift was ending, the workers were rising to the surface.

There are no reports of casualties yet. An evacuation is underway, a person close to Severstal told Vedomosti. He noted that there is no information about the dead. The mine will be shut down for two days. As of 5 p.m., 64 people had already been withdrawn, a Severstal representative said.

“An assessment of the possible impact of the incident on the implementation of the production and financial plans of JSC Vorkutaugol will be carried out after the work to eliminate the accident is completed. We hope that there will be no casualties as a result of the incident, and we consider it unethical to discuss the company’s business plans until all workers are rescued ", says Severstal in its commentary.

“About 60 people were taken out of the mine. According to mine rescuers, eight people with whom contact was established remain partially blocked. Rescuers are following them,” said the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Komi Republic (quoted by TASS).

At the time of the incident, 110 people were on shift in the mine. As of 17.25 Moscow time, 69 miners had already been evacuated to the surface. There is no information about casualties, a company representative said. In turn, the press service of the Komi Ministry of Emergency Situations informed Interfax about four victims.

“Four people were injured, one of them was hospitalized, the nature of the injuries and diagnoses are being clarified,” the department said.

The insurer of the Vorkutaugol company is Sogaz. “The insurance contract was concluded the other day and came into force on February 22. The insured amount for this object is 10 million rubles,” the insurance company said in a statement.

“As of 17.44 Moscow time, 73 miners were evacuated alive to the surface. Of these, two people sought medical help with a headache, two more were hospitalized. There is no information about those killed or seriously injured yet. The removal of miners from the mine continues,” the press reported. - service of JSC Vorkutaugol.

TASS, citing a source in law enforcement agencies, reported that rescuers discovered the bodies of two dead. By eight o'clock in the evening, 79 miners had been brought to the surface, eight people were considered injured as a result of the rock burst.

In 2015, Vorkutaugol mine received 1.5 million tons of coking coal concentrate. For comparison: the entire Vorkutaugol sold 5.7 million tons last year, as follows from the company’s reporting.

The last accident at Vorkutaugol occurred in February 2013 at the Vorkutinskaya mine. Then a methane explosion occurred. 19 people died. At the time of the accident, a shift of 259 people was working underground, Severstal reported, and there were 26 miners at the emergency site.

A few hours after the publication of the news about the accident, Severstal’s quotes at trading in Moscow fell by 10.5%, but by the end of the day the company’s capitalization decreased by 2.52%, to 298 billion rubles. On the London Stock Exchange it fell by 3.7% to $9.83 billion.

Investors on the LSE have not yet reacted to the collapse of the Severnaya mine - the company has risen in price by 0.57% since the beginning of the day, to $7.095 billion.

Another major accident that affected the production performance of the enterprise occurred at Raspadskaya (now owned by Evraz ) in 2010.

The company recovered and reached the production levels of 2009 only four years later. The tragedy with the explosion at this mine claimed the lives of 91 people. In 2014, Raspadskaya produced 10.2 million tons of coal, which is only 4% less than in 2009. There is no data for 2015 yet.

Rescue work at the mine

Vladimir Yurlov/TASS On the afternoon of February 25, a mining accident occurred at the Severnaya mine of the Vorkutaugol company... RIA Novosti Since midnight, the Ministry of Emergency Situations carried out intensified search operations, mine rescuers examined... The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia 481 people and 94 units are involved in eliminating the consequences of the explosion at the mine ... EMERCOM of Russia The operational headquarters at the mine was headed by the Minister of Emergency Situations Vladi... EMERCOM of Russia The cause of the accident at the Vorkuta Severnaya mine was a methane explosion. How to... RIA Novosti In 2015, the Vorkutaugol company produced 1.5 million tons of coal at the Severnaya mine...

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An accident occurred at the mine of Vorkutaugol JSC, evacuation is underway