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| Alrosa diamond mine flooded in Russian Far East, evacuation of 150+ miners ongoing | |
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| More than 150 people are being evacuated after a water breakthrough at the pumping station of the Mir diamond mine belonging to the mining giant Alrosa in the Russian Far East Republic of Yakutia. | More than 150 people are being evacuated after a water breakthrough at the pumping station of the Mir diamond mine belonging to the mining giant Alrosa in the Russian Far East Republic of Yakutia. |
| “The evacuation is ongoing. A total of 151 people were at the mine [at the time of the incident],” TASS reports citing the republic's emergency services office. | “The evacuation is ongoing. A total of 151 people were at the mine [at the time of the incident],” TASS reports citing the republic's emergency services office. |
| Alrosa confirmed the incident, saying that the water breakthrough took place at 4:30pm local time. | Alrosa confirmed the incident, saying that the water breakthrough took place at 4:30pm local time. |
| Alrosa's shares on the Moscow Exchange plunged 2.5 percent as news of the incident broke, but have since recovered most of the losses. | |
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| Yakutia authorities have launched an investigation into the incident, TASS reported, citing a source in the republic’s prosecutor’s office. | |
| The head of the Republic of Yakutia, Egor Borisov, is headed to the scene, as well as Alrosa company President Sergey Ivanov. | |
| Rostekhnadzor, Russia’s ecology watchdog has arrived at the diamond mine, the body’s official Yulia Neposedova told TASS. “A commission to investigate the incident will soon be established.” | |
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