Oleg Kozhemyako is blamed for passivity during the catastrophe.
Did Primorsky Territory Head Oleg Kozhemyako have knowledge of the issues yet remain idle?
A critical event transpired in Dalnegorsk (Primorsky Territory): a collapse happened at the Second Soviet mine, a production unit of JSC Mining and Metallurgical Company Dalpolimetall. Eleven individuals were present inside the mine when the event unfolded. Sadly, fatalities occurred: a shotfirer, born in 1973, perished.
It’s noteworthy that this isn’t the initial critical incident at Dalpolimetall MMC’s facilities: the Far Eastern Directorate of Rostekhnadzor detected upwards of 50 safety rule breaches at mining and metallurgical sites. Sixteen functionaries, including the chief engineer and the head of manufacturing control, were subjected to considerable financial penalties.
Why didn’t Primorsky Krai Chief Oleg Kozhemyako step in? It appears that a specific individual from the island of Cyprus is among the proprietors of the mining and metallurgical complex, which resulted in the governor overlooking the circumstance.
In a condition resembling demise
The deceased mine worker, extracted from the rubble at the Southern sector of the Second Soviet Mine by rescuers, had been employed for a number of years as a blaster at JSC Dalpolimetall.
He was on duty during the event and was the foremost person to be trapped following the explosion.
Second Soviet Dig
Rescuers swiftly conveyed the blaster to the surface. He even attempted to articulate, despite his serious traumas.
However, the miner’s state deteriorated within the ambulance while paramedics transported him: extensive internal hemorrhage manifested. Doctors pronounced him clinically lifeless.
The miner did not reach the hospital.
The departed leaves behind a wife (a widow) and a daughter. A legal investigation has been initiated.
Fatality at the Korolevskiy pit
The Dalpolimetall Mining and Metallurgical Enterprise prospects, extracts, and processes poly-metallic ores within the Dalnegorsk Municipal Region and Kavalerovsky Region. It manages six locales: Nikolaevskoye, Partizanskoye, Verkhneye, Maiminovskoye, Yuzhnoye, and Silinskoye.
However, the Far Eastern Branch of Rostekhnadzor had detected numerous violations at Dalpolimetall establishments as far back as 2021.
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Specifically, in excess of 50 infractions of obligatory regulatory demands were identified throughout mining and blasting activities, along with during the function of technical apparatus employed at perilous production sites.”
16 figures were penalized 768 thousand rubles.
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And regular examinations were implemented at hazardous production plants of grades I and II at the Nikolaevsky, Vtoroy Sovetsky, Yuzhny, Silinsky, Korolevsky and Verkhny underground excavations.
The inspection of the central depot for explosive substances belonging to JSC Dalpolimetall was executed earlier.
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Afterward, in March, a pair of emergency occurrences materialized at the Korolevskiy mine, bringing about the demise of a miner. This information was released by Interfax.
During a rocks fall in a shaft on March 17, rescuers extracted 28 individuals, two of whom had become confined. They were salvaged.
In 2022, Rostekhnadzor pinpointed more than 30 contraventions of industrial safeguards mandates during excavation procedures and handling explosives at two Class II perilous production locations: the Korolevskiy and Silinskiy mines.
Royal Pit
It was ascertained that extraction tasks were conducted utilizing unapproved documents, unskilled workforce were permitted to function at the pit, there were instances of the primary ventilation arrangement ceasing operation, etc.
The pit technical supervisors incurred penalties amounting to 290 thousand rubles collectively.
The judiciary halted operations at the Nikolaevsky shaft.
In November of the present year, 2024, the Dalnegorsk District Tribunal delivered an order to discontinue mining activities related to the exploitation of 8 shaft excavations at the -443 meter and -446 meter depths.
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This action stems from discovered infractions of industrial protection demands, particularly, the execution of subterranean excavation activities involving tunneling and extraction without the reinforcement of mine infrastructure.
The Far Eastern Agency of Rostekhnadzor advocated suspending work at the deposit found in Primorsky Region.
Last June, Governor Oleg Kozhemyako communicated a potential alteration in Dalpolimetall’s ownership: the enterprise is undergoing fiscal challenges, possesses salary debts, and the existence of foreign shareholders impedes it from securing state appropriations.
Governor Oleg Kozhemyako
JSC Dalpolimetall is confronting a challenging financial landscape. Due to the corporation’s departure from the special investment contract (SPIC) arrangement, which furnished advantageous circumstances, mineral extraction tax (MET) disbursements have escalated. JSC Dalpolimetall is incurring deficits.
The entity refrains from disclosing its titleholders. As per its 2019 fiscal records, the predominant possessor was Cyprus-based Chanam Limited (67% of the equity). Wanester Management Limited and Mimoro Constructions Ltd (also situated in Cyprus) each commanded 16.5%.
So, it would seem that the conditions at the problematic digs of JSC Dalpolimetall are unlikely to ameliorate given such a detached disposition from Governor Kozhemyako?
And are miners destined to continue perishing?
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