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34 staff freed after Canadian potash mine ordeal
MONTREAL, July 4, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – More than 30 employees at a Canadian
potash mine have been rescued after being trapped underground for 24 hours, a
company spokesman said.
The workers were carrying out maintenance duties when a service shaft broke
down on Tuesday afternoon at Saskatoon-based fertilizer firm Nutrien.
“We can confirm that all 34 employees have been safely brought to the
surface at our Cory Potash site,” Nutrien spokesman Will Tigley said
Wednesday evening.
The miners had been stuck at the bottom of the mine approximately one
kilometer (half a mile) underground, but had water and food supplies with
them.
The incident occurred at the company’s Cory mine, located southwest of
Saskatoon, the largest city in the province of Saskatchewan, in the Canada’s
central grassland region.
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