"Upon completion of the investigation and following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, the mine manager, Malcolm Fyfield has today been charged with four counts of gross negligence manslaughter, " he said.

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The job of mine manager at the South African company, for instance, used to include responsibilities that went far beyond mining: the managers had to make decisions about such matters as working with local communities, managing hospitals and overseeing worker accommodations.

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Yesterday, a friend of mine was chastised by her manager for wearing a cardigan printed with a leopard pattern to the office.

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Earlier Wednesday, a fifth hole drilled down into the mine found just six inches of open space left between the roof and rubble in an 8-foot-high tunnel, said Jack Kuzar, a district manager with the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration.

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The mine's underground equipment, which Cleveland Potash general manager Phil Baines described as "aged", will also be modernised.

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"We're trying to move it forward as quickly as possible, but it's not easy and straightforward to get a mine opened and to raise all the necessary funding, " operations manager Jeff Harrison said.

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Mr Golborne, a former manager at a retail company who spent weeks at the mine overseeing the operation, has become a national hero, prompting speculation that he may run for president in 2014.

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" Says Mohit Bhargava, general manager of the Retreat resort hotel: "Women friends of mine have stopped wearing expensive jewelry.

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"We have a new manager who is ready to give everyone equal opportunities and I am ready to take mine, " he explained.

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