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Nine workers were killed in the landslide in February.

No one has heard from the workers at the Çöpler gold mine since the disaster took place near the town of Ilic in Turkey.

At least nine people are trapped insidetThe Copler Mine, operated by Anagold Mining in Ilic, Turkey, after a landslide containing soil feared to contain traces of cyanide

Disaster highlights country’s poor safety record, as previous calls to shut down Copler mine went unheeded.

If waste soil said to contain toxic substances such as cyanide and sulphuric acid reaches the Euphrates River just a few hundred metres away, it could cause an environmental disaster that would last for decades in a vast area that includes war-torn Syria and Iraq as well as eastern and south-eastern Turkey.

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Pictures show a torrent of mud sweeping through the valley where the mine is located.

The workers have not been heard from since the landslide struck with hundreds of rescue personnel descending at the site.

ISTANBUL — A landslide hit a gold mine in eastern Turkey on Tuesday reportedly trapping at least nine workers underground, officials said. According to a report from The Associated Press, the landslide at the Copler mine happened at 2:30 pm near the town of Ilic in Turkey's mountainous Erzincan province. Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said nine workers had not been heard from since the landslide struck. "It is thought...