Press Release – Socialist Equality Group On May 11, a group of international mining experts released a 23-page Conceptual Development Plan to expand the underground investigation of Pike River coal mine in New Zealand. The document is a major step forward in the fight to uncover the …
On May 11, a group of international mining experts released a 23-page Conceptual Development Plan to expand the underground investigation of Pike River coal mine in New Zealand.
The document is a major step forward in the fight to uncover the truth about the mine disaster in November 2010 that killed 29 men. It was prepared by the Pike River Independent Technical Advisory Group, which consists of highly-qualified mining experts, including former chief mines inspector Tony Forster. They wrote the plan for free on behalf of 23 of the families of 29 men.
Sunday, 16 May 2021, 3:50 pm
On May 11, a group of international mining experts
released a 23-page Conceptual Development Plan to expand the
underground investigation of Pike River coal mine in New
Zealand.
The document is a major step forward in the
fight to uncover the truth about the mine disaster in
November 2010 that killed 29 men. It was prepared by the
Pike River Independent Technical Advisory Group, which
consists of highly-qualified mining experts, including
former chief mines inspector Tony Forster. They wrote the
plan for free on behalf of 23 of the families of 29
men.
It demolishes the claims made by the Labour
Party-led government that to go deeper into the mine to
New Zealand: International mining experts release plan for full investigation of Pike River disaster
On May 11, a group of international mining experts released a 23-page Conceptual Development Plan to expand the underground investigation of Pike River coal mine in New Zealand.
The document is a major step forward in the fight to uncover the truth about the mine disaster in November 2010 that killed 29 men. It was prepared by the Pike River Independent Technical Advisory Group, which consists of highly-qualified mining experts, including former chief mines inspector Tony Forster. They wrote the plan for free on behalf of 23 of the families of 29 men.
It said the recovery would cost $8m and take 12 weeks using standard mining techniques. The Pike River Recovery Agency was tasked by the Government to complete a $50m re-entry of the mine’s access tunnel, or drift, which it achieved in February. It planned to hand the mine site over to the Department of Conservation in June. Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry Andrew Little said he had received the report and was “obliged” to have Pike River Recovery Agency experts review it before commenting.
NZ Police
The Pike River mine after the disaster in November 2010. “The agency has indicated it will need to have WorkSafe review it in the first instance,” he said.
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