A state-owned mining company said it had warned against working the “artisanal” shaft in Sudan’s northeast because of the “risk to life.” Gold-mining has helped fund the brutal civil war that broke out in 2023.
A state-owned mining company said it had warned against working the “artisanal” shaft in Sudan’s northeast because of the “risk to life.” Gold-mining has helped fund the brutal civil war that broke out in 2023.
A gold mine near Khartoum
Collapses at artisanal mines are common in Sudan [
A least 11 miners were killed after a gold mine collapsed in Sudan, a state-owned mining company announced on Sunday.
The Sudanese Mineral Resources Company (SMRC) said the collapse occurred in an “artisanal shaft in the Kirsh al-Fil mine” in the government-controlled area of Houeid over the weekend.
Seven other workers were injured and taken to hospital, according to the company.
Sudan is a major exporter of gold, but collapses at artisanal and small-scale mines are common due to poor safety standards.
SMRC said it had previously suspended work in the mine that collapsed and “warned against its continuing activity due to its posing great risk to life.”
