Turkey mine: 'Race against time' to free workers after landslide - BBC News

There are also concerns chemicals from the site could spread into the nearby Euphrates River.

2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Copler mine is one of the largest gold mines in TurkeyBy Kathryn ArmstrongBBC NewsHundreds of rescuers are continuing their search for nine gold field workers who went missing following a landslide in eastern Turkey.

Roughly 10 million cubic metres of earth fell suddenly from a gulley onto the Copler mine site on Tuesday.

Four people, including the pit's field manager, have been arrested as part of an investigation into the incident.

There are also concerns that dangerous chemicals could leak from the site and create a wider environmental disaster.

Former Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, who visited the mine, said that while a number of workers who were on the site at the time of the landslide were able to escape - they have determined that nine are unaccounted for.

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