On 17th February 2021, the Pike River Recovery Agency reached the roof fall 2.260km up the drift access tunnel, marking the furthest point into the Pike River Mine that the Agency plans to recover...
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Underground workers have been withdrawn from the Pike River Mine after samples returned positive for the presence of carcinogens. Pike River Recovery Agency Chief Operating Officer Dinghy Pattinson...
The Pike River mine re-entry will move to previously unexplored areas of the mine drift this week recovering a loader that was operated by one of the mine’s survivors. Re-entry efforts have...
The Pike River mine re-entry has progressed beyond the 1000 metre mark in its’ journey up the 2.3 km mine drift in its’ search for answers to the explosion that killed 29 miners. In a...
New Zealand’s Pike River Recovery efforts will be increased through the engagement of eight new miners that will assist in increasing the intensity of the mine recovery operation. According to...
The New Zealand Pike River Recovery team has successfully reached the 170-metre mark as part of the recovery operation of the mine drift. A team this week crossed through the 170-metre seal and...
In the most recent Pike River Update, AMSJ has learned that the PRRA team together with a range of industry experts are working in preparation to go beyond the 170-metre seal in the mine’s...
In a brief update, the Pike River Recovery agency has confirmed that a leaking sampling tube was the cause of the high oxygen readings encountered last week which deferred the entry to the mine. NZ...
