Search efforts are ongoing for 9 miners in the accident that occurred in the İliç district of Erzincan.
Soil that had been excavated and stockpiled at the Çöpler Mine Site, where Anagold Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. has been producing gold since December 2010, slid yesterday at 14:28.
Approximately 10 million cubic meters of soil flowed rapidly down from a 200-meter slope.
9 workers were trapped under the soil, which spread over a wide area. 4 site supervisors have been detained in connection with the disaster.

News Source: 12punto