Following the cave-in of the Stepnaya mine in the Lviv region the government commission will check 300 mining companies.
“We are checking all the documents at 300 enterprises of the mining complex which are deemed dangerous”, the Vice Prime Minister Gennadiy Zubko said.
The commission started operating on March 6.
According to Zubko the Stepnaya mine did not have the necessary permit to conduct dangerous operation at the time of the cave-in.
On March 2, an explosion occurred at the mine followed by the cave-in resulting in the death of 8 miners. (Ukrainian metal)
