Russian mine blast kills nine

12/12/2008 - 8:05

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least nine people died in an overnight blast at a Soviet-era mine in Russia that extracts raw material for fertiliser production, the Emergencies Ministry said on Friday.

Years of neglect after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union have made Russia's mines, which employ a quarter of a million people, among the most dangerous in the world.

"The reasons (for the blast) are being investigated," said Irina Gretskaya, spokeswoman for the ministry in the Arctic city of Murmansk. "After the blast a fire occurred and there were 12 people in the mine. Nine are dead and three are missing."

The mine was operated by a company called Apatit, a major Russian producer of the phosphate mineral apatite used in making fertiliser. Apatit is part of the PhosAgro fertiliser group.

Russia's mining safety watchdog, Rostekhnadzor, said it had launched an investigation into the blast at the Rasvumchorrsky mine. A recovery operation to retrieve bodies was underway.

Last year 110 people died in a blast in a mine in Siberia -- Russia's worst mining accident in recent years.

(Reporting by James Kilner and Ludmila Danilova)

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