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spontaneous rock fracture that is a common occurrence in mines.
The incident came after another miner died in a different mine in the Imereti region on March 26, and amidst a flurry of criticism levelled at mining companies for not abiding by environmental and worker safety standards. Rich Metals Group (RMG), a company registered in the Netherlands that operates a large gold and copper mining operation in Georgia, was in April criticised by the Georgian government for polluting three rivers adjacent to its mine. It gave the company, which has invested $300mn in Georgia and employs 3,000 workers, nine months to stop releasing pollutants into the rivers. After the death of the miner in Imereti region, 50 of his co-workers protested against their employer, the Georgian Manganesi Company, demanding better working conditions.
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