Kazakhmys Corporation to help bereaved families with financial support
Kazakhmys Corporation will give necessary assistance provided for by collective agreement to the families of the miners killed at the Zhomart mine in Ulytau region, Kazinform News Agency reports.
It said in a statement that the bereaved families will be paid tenfold the annual mean earnings of a worker and over 2 million tenge for funeral expenses as social and material aid and compensation for moral damages.
Besides, the loans and credits of the workers killed at the mine will be repaid. The families will also receive financial assistance to pay for the education of their children.
As earlier reported, seven workers were trapped inside an underground shaft at Zhomart mine in Ulytau region, Kazakhstan.
The incident occurred at around 4:50 pm local time 150km away from Zhezkazgan town.
The bodies of all seven workers were retrieved, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.
The Kazakh Government set up the commission to determine Zhomart mine’s collapse causes.