A kinship born out of tragedy. Pike River Recovery Agency chief executive Dave Gawn said he expected re-entry and forensic work in the mine’s access tunnel will take another three months, followed by … The Pike River mining disaster was a tragedy that shocked the world. The Pike River Recovery Agency has released a video update about the Agency’s operations with Chief Operating Officer Dinghy Pattinson and Chief Executive Dave Gawn. It is located about 50km north-east of Greymouth in the west coast region of South Island. Loader driven by Russell Smith recovered Date published: 6 August 2020 The loader being driven by survivor Russell Smith when the Pike River Mine exploded in 2010 was recovered from 1581m up the drift on Tuesday 4 August 2020. The drift is a 2.3 km access tunnel from the entrance of the mine to the workings. The Labour government has created the Pike River Recovery Agency to work with the Pike River families and others to plan for decisions on the manned re-entry of the Pike River mine drift. In short, the de-regulation of the coal mining industry in the 90s meant there was a severe shortage of mine inspectors and shoddy, dangerous practices were allowed to develop in NZ mines. Pike River mine latest news. The mine is owned by Pike River Coal, the only listed coal mining and export company in New Zealand. Family members welcome a significant milestone in the mine drift’s recovery. 1 Oct, 2020 02:26 AM 2 minutes to read. Design of the Pike River mine. The project to mine coal at Pike River was flawed from the start. A 2012 royal commission found Pike River Coal guilty of operating an unsafe mine and failing to heed numerous warnings from employees. Pike River mine re-entry: Retrieving human remains possible, says recovery boss. 2 Min Read. 3 months ago. Pike River Mine underground mine workers withdrawn after the presence of carcinogens found. Mining Editor. The workings comprise around 4.3 km of inner tunnels, from where the coal was extracted. Pike River Mine is the second largest hard coking coal export mine in New Zealand. Twenty-nine men who were in the New Zealand coal mine died when it collapsed in a series of explosions. Pike River Mine workers reach 'real milestone' in recovery operation. The work to re-enter the Pike River mine has reached a significant step, with the workers last night reaching the Rocsil Plug near the end of the drift. Picture by Stuff. Pike River families astonished at electrical expert's new revelations about the explosion. The vision of driving a 2.3-km tunnel uphill though solid rock, across a fault into a gassy coal seam, with no alternative tunnel or shaft for ventilation or exit, ignored international coal-mining experience. Pike River was a small mine, still at an early stage of development. 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