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In the wake of Grocon’s collapse, executives will be left standing, and subcontractors will be ruined
Grocon is more than a construction business, having found better money-making opportunities in property development and being a landlord. It is a web of many legal entities and holding companies. Exactly how much of the web is being put into administration is not yet clear. As a private company, disclosure requirements are fewer than those for public companies (listed on a stock exchange).
Grocon is more than a construction business, having found better money-making opportunities in property development and being a landlord. It is a web of many legal entities and holding companies. Exactly how much of the web is being put into administration is not yet clear. As a private company, disclosure requirements are fewer than those for public companies (listed on a stock exchange). At least 10 people have died and more are feared trapped after a coal mine partially collapsed in eastern India. Part of the open cast coal mine in Jharkhand state fell in late on Thursday but heavy smog prevented rescue workers from entering the facility until early on Friday morning.
At least ten people have been killed and many others still trapped after a building housing a school and apartments collapsed Wednesday in Lagos, Nigeria
A mudslide in an unlicensed gold mine in Nicaragua trapped at least 10 workers Friday, state-run media reported.
© Rudy GONZALEZ Handout photo released by the Fundacion del Rio of the site of a landslide at a mine in southern Nicaragua on December 4, 2020 Crews began work to try to rescue the miners after the accident in the La Esperanza region of southern Nicaragua.
Vice President Rosario Murillo, who is also the government spokeswoman, did not say how many miners were in the shaft when it collapsed or if there were fatalities.
"We hope not to have bad news," she said, according to the government news site El 19 Digital.
The independent newspaper La Prensa quoted witnesses as saying at least 15 people are trapped in the mine.
In Nicaragua an estimated 3,000 people work in unlicensed mines.
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