Chapter 1062: Nandan Mine Disaster
One: Fan Xin of Ji. Fanjing is in Guangxi. Listen to the leaders of the autonomous region to discuss the four chapters of Qiannan Gong", as
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The situation here in Guangxi is very complicated. Since the execution of Cheng Kejie, a big corruption in Guangxi, last year, the central government felt that it should be able to have some deterrent effect, but it did not expect that such a major case would happen again now, which is shocking.
In the early morning of July 17, a huge water leakage accident occurred at Lajiapo Mine affiliated to Longquan Mining Plant in Nandan, Guangxi. A large amount of water poured in and instantly flooded seven adjacent mines and 81 people who were mining on the working surface. Miner.
The surviving miner recalled, "I was unloading buckets at the sixth level. At 3:30, I suddenly heard an explosion. When I looked up, it was full of water. The water came up all at once, and the wattage of the light bulb was so high. It exploded as soon as it hit the water. After it exploded, everything down there was black."
After the Lajiapo mine accident. The mine manager immediately informed the mine owner of the news. The mine owner of Lajiapo is the general manager of Nandan Longquan Mining Factory. He has a personal fortune of hundreds of millions of yuan and is known as the richest man in Guangxi.
It was unclear how many people died. Because we don’t know how many people will come to work, but we are certain that many people will die.
According to the normal procedures for safe production, after basically clarifying the situation, the accident should be reported to the government immediately. So the mine owner reported to the county at around 5 o'clock that afternoon and called the deputy secretary of the county party committee in charge.
That night after the mine owner met with the deputy secretary. Asked whether this matter should be reported to the police, the deputy secretary asked the mine owner, are you sure you can handle your internal matters?
The so-called internal matters refer to the placement of family members of deceased persons and internal confidentiality.
Mine owners represent internal work. He can do his best, but there is nothing he can do about external and upper work.
The deputy secretary and the deputy county magistrate who were also present had a brief discussion and decided to call the county party secretary immediately.
The secretary of the county party committee and the county magistrate also learned of the incident immediately. By now, on the night of the Lajiapo mine water leakage accident, all four main leaders of Nandan County had learned the facts of the accident.
The county party committee secretary's first feeling at the time was that he should immediately report to his superiors and go to the scene to organize rescue operations.
But after thinking about it carefully, they realized that the matter this time was too big. Once reported, problems could easily arise. So they called the owners of six other permeable mines overnight and told them not to leak information about the accident and to keep it confidential.
The next day, the main leaders in the county held a simple meeting.
After some discussion, they decided not to report the matter
At that time, everyone was talking about one thing and another, and the most important thing they considered was their own punishment. Once this accident is reported and made public to the public, punishment by the county party committee and county government leaders is inevitable. In addition, this also involves the interests of the county and the local area.
After the final discussion, everyone was unanimous in their opinions and decided not to report the accident.
On the third night of the water leakage accident, the mine owner held a meeting of all employees of the Lajiapo Mine and strictly ordered the miners not to tell the truth about the accident. The mine director secretly ordered the mine director to dismantle the pumping equipment, clean up the accident site, and also asked the company's finance staff to pay cash to the families of the deceased miners.
The first amount of money was more than two million. That adds up to about eight million.
After some careful arrangements and the help of the county to cover the mine, the mine owner believed that a major water leakage accident could disappear without a trace.
Under the careful cover-up by the county government and Li Dongming, the Nandan Dachang Mining Area seemed extremely calm, as if nothing had ever happened. But at this time, a corner of the shady story has been quietly revealed, and various speculations about the water leakage accident began to appear in the newspapers. News of a possible mining disaster in Nandan has become a hot topic
Finally, five days later, something came out on the Internet. News came out on NetEase, Sohu, and Dayang.com. At this time, the Nandan team was already feeling very scared. No one thought that this situation would happen.
The county immediately contacted the mine owner. He was required to strictly control the mining area and trace the source of the leak.
At this time, the atmosphere in the Dachang mining area suddenly became tense. A mine protection team of hundreds of people patrolled the mining area day and night, and the miners were threatened not to have contact with the outside world. However, despite this pressure, someone still took the risk and called a Guangxi TV reporter to report the incident. Eight days had passed since the mine disaster occurred.
After receiving the report, reporters from Guangxi TV Station rushed to Nandan. The media took pictures of the permeable hole of Lajiapo Mine again and again. There were no people in or out of the back hole, and there were no pumping equipment or rescue facilities.
Later, the reporter found the director of Lajiapo Mine and asked about this matter. The mine director said that there was no such thing.
The managers interviewed were unanimous in saying that this was absolutely not the case, but the miners said that someone had indeed died, and that they had been threatened and beaten.
At this point, the news of a large number of casualties in the Nandan water leakage accident has been initially confirmed, and more and more media are participating in the report. After some information about Lajiapo Mine was disclosed, it attracted the attention of relevant departments at higher levels.
After various investigations, the Party Committee and Government of the Autonomous Region obtained the exact news of the mining disaster in Nandan. On the same day, the Secretary of the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region rushed to Nandan with the district inspection team and made inquiries with the county party committee and the government.
As a result, when the leaders of Nandan County reported to the leaders of the autonomous region, they still said that there was no mining.
The leader of the autonomous region said that now it is not a question of whether people will die, but how many people will die.
The public security organs immediately intervened in the matter. Someone at the mine couldn't hold it anymore and vomited out the entire process, including how they did their internal work and how the county concealed it.
News of the heavy casualties caused by the flooding accident in Nandan was quickly reported to the Central Committee and the State Council, which attracted great attention.
August 20th. The water in the mine was drained, and a total of 78 bodies of victims were found. Two other bodies were cremated privately by the mine owner last month. Another person was missing in the accident. So far, the cause of the water leakage accident has been identified, and the truth behind the large number of casualties caused by the mining accident has also been revealed.
One of the key points that everyone is paying attention to in this matter is why some officials in Nandan County went to such great lengths to conceal the mining accident? And where did the main leaders of Nandan County get so bold and dare to conceal such a major accident for such a long time?
Fan Wubing mentioned this matter when he was talking to his father Fan Heng on the phone that night.
Fan Heng said with some waning interest, "It's not about profit. Without the mine, Nandan County can't even afford wages."
The so-called interests include both personal interests and the interests of small groups and departments.
Mines with water leakage accidents will pay 120 million in profits and taxes to the local government this year, followed by the Longquan Mining Group Company. The Nandan County Government holds 15% of the shares in the name of Fuyuan Company. In this case, once the mine owner is unlucky, it means that the county government and county committee are also unlucky.
Longquan Mining is mainly engaged in the tin ore collection and processing industry. In more than ten years, the main factory has developed into the largest township enterprise in Guangxi. It has more than 400 million in fixed assets and more than 5,000 employees. Last year alone, it paid 80 million in profits and taxes, accounting for about one-third of Nandan County's fiscal revenue. It is known as the Jubao Village of Nandan County.
"The Nandan tin mine may be regarded as the best tin mine in the world, with a tin content of more than 40%. The current international tin price is nearly US$4,000 per ton, and one ton of mine costs more than 30,000 yuan." Fan Heng said to Fan Wubing, "In 1998, the world's tin mining volume was about 250,000 tons, and that year, Nandan County's tin mining volume reached more than 30,000 tons, accounting for 10% of the world's total. One-eighth. The output of tin mines in Nandan County directly affects the world's tin prices, and the mining industry has naturally become the pillar industry of Nandan County. About 70% of Nandan County's fiscal revenue depends on the mine. If there is no As for the mine, Nandan is just like other poor counties, they can’t even afford the wages, so they have to rely on this mine to make a living.”
In order to realize the goal of becoming a mineral-rich county, Nandan County Fuyuan Mining Exploration Company was established to be responsible for developing and managing Nandan's mining business. The county magistrate became the first chairman of Fuyuan Company.
Fuyuan Company obtained the prospecting qualification for a tin ore body worth 120 yuan, and then changed hands and successively contracted the prospecting rights to six companies including Longquan Mining General Plant.
Once the agreement is signed. Once the project is implemented, there is no management and all we have to do is sit back and collect money.
Due to lack of management. Prospecting soon turned into crazy illegal mining, which eventually led to a mining disaster. In Nandan. Private mine owners, large and small, who want to enter the mines must first obtain permission from Fuyuan Company. The most effective way is to bribe county leaders.
Take the secretary of the Nandan County Party Committee as an example. So far, he has only been the secretary for three years. In three years, his alleged financial problems have reached more than 4 million.
It is for this reason that he cannot report the mining accident, because as soon as the report is reported, someone will immediately come to investigate. If you investigate. Behind the accident, the money and power transactions, political transactions, etc. between them and the mine boss were exposed.
"The complexity of the Nandan accident is complicated by the fact that the owner of the accident mine knew the law and violated the law, and the related evil forces flouted the law, as well as the corruption and perversion of the law by party and government officials. The trinity of business, gangs, and officials Behind the scenes, there is a profound social background, and the behind-the-scenes connivance and support of illegal mine owners who have long been able to embezzle the country’s mineral resources.” Fan Heng said, “We must eradicate all kinds of corruption, corruption, concealment, and fraud. , we must summarize and reflect on the management and monitoring system, and then explore a path that can not only carry out scientific and orderly mining, but also effectively prevent explosions and monitoring accidents, and reasonably take into account national and local interests.”
"This is a bit difficult, really, I think, it's quite difficult," Fan Wubing replied.
Regarding the anti-corruption in the mining industry and the concealment of mining disasters, Fan Wubing really had no choice at all. In the face of huge interests, there are always many moths rushing to fight the fire. People will die for money, and birds will die for food. No one can change this nature.