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UPDATE: Water flow not to hurt operations of ALROSA’s Mir mine

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MOSCOW, Aug 4 (PRIME) -- Operations at the Mir mine of Russian uncut diamond mining giant ALROSA will not be hurt by a water inflow that trapped 151 miners, a representative of a crisis center at the mine told PRIME on Friday.

“The incident is no serious, it will have no impact on the operation of the mine,” the representative said, adding that there were no injuries or casualties.

A source in the emergency services of the republic of Yakutia, where the mine is located, said that about 150 miners were brought to the surface from the mine, and none of them injured.

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04.08.2017 12:54