Mining companies in China take advantage of the lax enforcement of health and safety laws, and this has cost workers once again. This week’s disaster in the mountains of Tibet was only the latest incident to affect mine workers. It is estimated that 83 gold mine workers were killed when a massive landslide buried their camp. The miners were poor migrants from other regions of China and were working in an isolated region at 4,600 metres of altitude.
Mining companies in China take advantage of the lax enforcement of health and safety laws, and this has cost workers once again. This week’s disaster in the mountains of Tibet was only the latest incident to affect mine workers. It is estimated that 83 gold mine workers were killed when a massive landslide buried their camp. The miners were poor migrants from other regions of China and were working in an isolated region at 4,600 metres of altitude.
