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Who owns Pike River coal mine?
Six drill holes confirmed the presence of a large area of coal. The Pike River Coal Company was formed in 1982 to hold exploration rights; in 1988 the company was bought by New Zealand Oil and Gas Ltd.
Who was in charge of Pike River mine?
CEO Peter Whittall
On 23 November 2017 the NZ Supreme Court ruled that the arrangement by WorkSafe to drop all charges against Pike River mine CEO Peter Whittall conditional on payment of $3.41 million was an agreement to prevent the prosecution and therefore unlawful.
Where is Peter Whittall now?
Wollongong
Mr Whittall left New Zealand in 2014 and married Pike River financial controller Angela Horne. The couple now reportedly live in a $1.3 million lifestyle property in Wollongong, south of Sydney, where Mr Whittall manages a rest home.
How many people died in Pike River?
The mining tragedy – New Zealand’s worst in 100 years – resonated around the world: among the men who died were 24 New Zealanders, two Australians, two British citizens and one South African.
What went wrong at Pike River mine?
The commission found that the 19 November blast at the mine, on the west coast of the South Island, was caused by a methane gas explosion. The mine was new, and the systems and infrastructure necessary to safely produce coal “had not been completed”.
How old is Pike River mine?
The Pike River Coal Company Ltd, formed in 1982, explored and then acquired authorisations for the Pike River Mine over the course of 23 years. The company decided to proceed with development of the mine in 2005. The mine was officially opened in November 2008.
Where is the Pike River Mine located?
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Why did Pike River mine explode?
A group of mining experts assembled by the police and the Department of Labour (DOL) concluded that a substantial volume of methane fuelled the explosion. The area most likely to contain a large volume of methane was a void (goaf) formed during mining of the first coal extraction panel in the mine.
How many explosions were there at Pike River mine?
The Pike River mining disaster happened in November 2010 when two blasts ripped through the mine. Only two of the 31 miners on shift were able to escape. None of the miners’ bodies have ever been recovered.
What is the latest on the Pike River mine?
A borehole drilling investigation to gather footage inside the Pike River Mine has come to an end, with images taken over the past two years showing the remains of eight men.
What was NZ’s worst mining accident since in the last 30 years?
Read contemporary newspaper account. On 26 March an explosion at Brunner, West Coast, killed 65 coal miners in New Zealand’s worst mining disaster. Find out about this and other mining accidents on Te Ara.
Is Pike River mine open?
A fourth explosion occurred on 28 November at 1:55 pm. Initial recovery efforts were abandoned after rescue robots were lost and after insolvency the Pike River Recovery Agency was formed and reentered the mine in May 2019….Pike River Mine.
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Opened | 2009 |
| Closed | 2011 (possibly permanently) |
| Owner | |
| Company | Pike River Recovery Agency |
What kills the most in NZ?
Cancer
Cancer is New Zealand’s biggest killer. Of the 31,796 deaths that year, cancer accounted for 9,615 of those. Cancer disproportionately kills more men.
How long does the average NZ male live?
80.0 years for
Life expectancy continues to increase, although the change over time has slowed, Stats NZ said today. Life expectancy at birth for the population as a whole is 80.0 years for males, and 83.5 years for females, based on death rates in 2017–2019.
Why do Māori have shorter life expectancy?
Avoidable deaths within these groups were a significant contributor to the lower life expectancies for these ethnic groups, the researchers said. The main contributors to avoidable death rates were heart disease and trachea, bronchus and lung cancers. For Māori males, suicide and car accidents also played a major role.