Investigative Committee Released Newmont Ahafo Tunnel Accident Report
A six-member investigative team commissioned by the Lands and Natural Resources Minister to conduct technical investigations into the cause of the Newmont Ahafo tunnel collapse has been presented to the Minister. The Chairman of the Committee, Frederick Gyebi, who is a Principal Inspector of Mines at the Minerals Commission, presented the report to the John Peter Amewu at the Ministry in Accra. Mr Amewu expressed appreciation to the Committee for the expeditious manner in which it conducted the investigations and gave the assurance that the Government would swiftly implement the recommendations. The accident, which occurred on April 7, 2018, at Kenyase No.2 in the Brong Ahafo Region, claimed the lives of six workers of the Consar Construction Company Limited, a sub-contracting firm working on a reclaim tunnel roof at the Newmont Ahafo Mill Expansion Project. Lands Minister, John Peter Amewu “We will examine the report and the recommendations will be taken seriously because we’re ...