The Mir mine was freed from water

Rescuers managed to pump water out of a quarry bowl at the Mir mine in Yakutia. This was reported on the website of Alrosa, which owns the mine.

“The fate of the eight miners who have been in the mine workings since the flooding of the Mir mine on August 4 remains unknown,” the company notes.

Alrosa also reacted to the statement of the relatives of the missing miners that the rescue operation had been stopped.

The brother of one of the missing miners, Alexei Maryin, was allowed to go underground with rescuers and control the progress of the operation, reports . RBC

“Now Alexey (Maryin – ed.) went to the mine to go down into the mine, but the descent was suspended due to the fact that there was a discharge of water in the mine. According to the calculations of hydrogeologists, it should have happened three days ago, ”said Alina Misnik, a relative of another missing miner.

Representatives of the company also told the media that the diamond mine was not in a state of disrepair, and that working conditions in it complied with labor laws.

This statement was made by representatives of the company after accusations that numerous facts of safety violations are hidden from the public.

about the “complete information vacuum” and violations Previously, Misnik spoke . She said that the industrial climbers who participated in the rescue operation refused to work in the mine, but they are not allowed to leave the city, "because they can tell everyone what the situation is here."

A diamond mine in the city of Mirny in the Republic of Yakutia was flooded on August 4 due to a water breakthrough. At the time of the accident, 151 people were in the mine, 142 of them were raised to the surface on the same day. independently got in touch with the rescuers. On August 5 , one of the miners blocked underground, Alisher Mirzayev,

After an accident at a mine owned by Alrosa, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case. As reported on the website of the department, the case was initiated on the fact of violation of safety rules in the conduct of mining operations.

Investigators have already interrogated employees of the enterprise who worked at the mine on the day of the accident, and also seized documents related to underground work.

At the moment, rescuers have raised 143 miners to the surface, and at least eight more workers remain in the mine.

The Mir mine provides about 9% of Alrosa's total diamond production. Last year it produced 3.19 million carats.

Maxim Proshkin