A fire has put operations on hold at Perseus Mining's (TSX: PRU; US-OTC: PMNXF) Edikan processing gold plant in Ghana, but the companysays things are under control. The fire occurred during a planned maintenance shutdown andwasputout within an hour. The company says there were no injuries and no environmental damage, but some of its equipment was damaged. The area was most affected where the plant's cyclones operate, and Perseus says one cyclone as well as some rubber-lined pipes that house electrical cabling and air lines are damaged. The repairs and the approvals to restart operations should be in place within seven days, it says, but investigations are ongoing.
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