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BDLive reports that DiamondCorp is considering a legal challenge to a week-long safety stoppage at its Lace diamond mine in the Free State.
There was a fire on a dump truck "just inside" the portal that provided access to the underground mine, the company said on Thursday, adding the blaze was extinguished without injury. However, the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) ordered a safety stoppage at the mine, which is DiamondCorp’s single asset. "The instructions issued by the DMR include a request for an ‘external ventilation audit team to inspect the mine for smoke and other gases’. Mine management is struggling to find logic in the instruction and is considering its options, including legal means of redress,” DiamondCorp said in a statement.
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