Gypsum industry news

Jordan: According to local media, Luqman Shah, a young labourer, was killed when he was hit by rolling boulders while working in a gypsum mine in the Khandi Mountain near Lakki Banda village in Karak Tehsil.

Mehmood Shah, president of the Bright Future Gypsum Labour Welfare Union, said that landslide incidents in the mines in which labourers lose their lives and in which their families never receive any compensation, were on the rise. Shah said that the workers union sent the case of Luqman Shah to the mineral department to gain compensation for his family. He added that so far, the families of 27 killed workers out of 80 had been compensated by the department.