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.
The Socialist Equality Group’s (New Zealand) webinar included speeches by Bernie Monk, whose son was among the 29 men killed, and electrical engineer Richard Healey, who has extensively investigated the disaster.
SEG (New Zealand) meeting: Ten years after the Pike River mine disaster
Political lessons in the fight for truth about the deaths of 29 miners
The Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand) (SEG) will hold an online public meeting on Saturday, May 8, at 4PM NZ time, to discuss the political lessons of the Pike River mine disaster and the families’ fight for justice, in opposition to the ongoing cover-up by the state.
Please click here to register to attend on Zoom.
In November 2010, 29 miners were killed in a series of explosions at Pike River Coal’s underground mine. This was not a random accident, but the outcome of deliberate decisions to place production ahead of workers’ safety. The mine was a death trap, with grossly inadequate methane drainage, monitoring and ventilation systems, and no emergency exit.