[net-gold] DISASTERS: MINES : COUNTRIES: TURKEY : MINE MINES MINING: SAFETY: Turkey's Mining Safety: Bleak Track Record
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- Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 17:15:14 -0400 (EDT)
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DISASTERS: MINES :
COUNTRIES: TURKEY :
MINE MINES MINING: SAFETY:
Turkey's Mining Safety: Bleak Track Record
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Turkey's Mining Safety: Bleak Track Record
By Enis Senerdem BBC Turkish Service
BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27414972
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As people in Turkey start looking for answers after one of the country's
worst mining tragedies, attention has quickly turned to mining safety
standards in the western town of Soma.
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The issue of mining safety was on the political agenda before Tuesday's
disaster.
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Just a couple weeks ago, the main opposition Republican People's Party
(CHP) tabled a motion in parliament calling for a thorough inspection of
coal mines in the the country.
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"We are sick of going to the funerals of miners. We have to do something
to stop these fatalities," Ozgur Ozel, an MP from the CHP, told his fellow
lawmakers with a miner's helmet in his hand.
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His motion was rejected mainly because members of the ruling Justice and
Development Party (AKP) voted against it.
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In his speech at the site of disaster, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
described that motion as "an effort to block main issues of the
parliament".
Fatalities
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But Turkey's track record of mining accidents is a bleak one.
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On average, more than seven miners die in Turkey every year because of
workplace accidents for every million tonnes of excavated coal, according
to a report by the Economic Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV).
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This death toll eclipses that of China, where just over one miner is
killed per million tonnes, TEPAV says.
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The foundation puts the figure for the US even lower, with 0.02 miners
killed for every million tonnes of coal excavated.
'Destiny'
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Researchers point to a number of reasons for the high rate of fatalities
in Turkey's mines.
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Some attribute it to cultural attitudes towards workplace safety and the
industry more widely.
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After 30 people died in a mining disaster in 2010, Prime Minister Erdogan
said: "Unfortunately, this profession has this in its destiny."
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There are also claims that conditions have worsened since the government
moved to privatise the mines in 2004.
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Labour unions accuse private companies of failing to invest enough in the
safety of their workers in favour of larger profit margins.
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In a 2013 report, the Global Methane Initiative, an international
partnership aiming to reduce global methane emissions, highlighted
Turkey's "lack of investment and uncertainty over privatisation policies"
as the main challenges for the industry in Turkey.
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