Former minister implicated in Erzincan gold mine landslide
Nine workers were killed in the landslide in February.
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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.