SOLID ENERGY NEW ZEALAND - LIMITED
Energy in Christchurch
www.coalnz.com
Address
2 Show Place. Addington.. 1303, Christchurch, Canterbury.Are you the owner or manager of this company?
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After a thorough assessment of the safety of re entry, in November 2014 the directors announced their decision that re entry of the Pike River Mine is too dangerous and cannot be made safe. That was a decision made on the basis of rigorous assessment and conscientious consideration. At that time it was the then directors’ expectation that the company would attempt to retrieve bodies and subsequently, if feasible, establish a sound mining operation. The tunnel entry to the mine since we discussed the decision with families and announced in November 2014 that re entry was too uncertain and could not be made safe.
Incorrect since informing the families in 2014 of the decision to seal the mine, there have been steady meetings of representatives of the Families group where information has been provided on the procedure and timing and the design of the seal. As we said in 2014, any further loss of life in this mine is unacceptable and any possibility of other families having to go through what the Pike families have suffered is not a risk we believe should be taken. Incorrect and farcical the mine was not owned by Firm Energy at the time of the explosions. And it’s not something we feel is appropriate to litigate through the media.
The fact remains that the responsibility for the safety of any re entry remains with the directors of Difficult Energy as the owner and operator of the site. Mistaken the time line was set two years ago when the families were informed that the drift would be sealed and the mine made sound for surrender to DOC. Untrue regulations require a carefully designed seal and this will be 5 meres thick
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