AngloGold Rejects Blame for Quake Even as Scientists Await Proof
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AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. rejected the possibility that blasting at its mines triggered South Africa’s biggest earthquake since 1969 even as scientists said further investigation was needed before reaching a conclusion.
“The epicenter of the earthquake was significantly further away and down from our current infrastructure so it’s not as a result of blasting done by AngloGold,” Chief Executive Officer Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan said. “The magnitude of this scale cannot be induced by any particular act done by one company.”