The Ministry of Home Affairs says bauxite company RUSAL could have employed a more efficient method to dispose of expired explosives that would have avoided the explosion that injured seven persons at Kwakwani earlier this year.
In a press release issued on Friday, the ministry said it received a police report on the incident and it was satisfied that a proper investigation had been done. The March 2 incident resulted in seven persons being injured and the company losing a vehicle. The ministry said it hoped that the company would remember this mishap when undertaking similar exercises in the future.
The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) had also been tasked by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment to conduct an investigation into the mishap. GGMC Commissioner Rickford Vieira had said that the