Georgia: miners’ safety at serious risk

“The safety of workers in Georgia’s mines is at serious risk,” reads the beginning of the first paragraph of the Human Rights Watch research “No Year without Deaths: A Decade of Deregulation Puts Georgian Miners at Risk”. The 60-page research says that the risk is caused by “insufficient government regulation and resulting mining practices that…

Kyrgyzstan: Zhong Ji Mining Company operation suspended

Activity of Zhong Ji Mining Company was suspended at Solton-Sary field in Naryn region, the Information Support Department of the Government’s Office reported. However, the day before, the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan said “incidents between local residents and foreign workers should not cause suspension or stop of company’s activity”. The decision was made on the…