The Spanish company Maxam Ghana Limited in charge of a truck that exploded and killed 13 people at Apeatse in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region has been fined $6 million for regulatory breaches regarding the manufacture, storage, and transportation of explosives for mining and other civil works.
In a press statement on Tuesday signed by the Lands Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, The breaches were identified by a three-member committee set up by the government to investigate the explosion that occurred at Apeatse.