Tag: #Miners
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17 trapped in Chinese coal mine after carbon monoxide leak
Beijing, Sept 27 (AFP/APP):Seventeen workers were trapped underground in a coal mine in southwest China on Sunday after it was flooded with carbon monoxide, according to a local government notice. The mine’s conveyor belt caught fire in the early hours of the morning, state news agency Xinhua cited the government as saying, which led to…
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Congo: Gold mine collapse kills 50
Congo: At least 50 people have been killed in a gold mine collapse in the eastern African country of the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to foreign news agency Reuters, Emiliana Aitungwa, president of a local non-governmental organization (NGO) working for women’s rights, said the gold mine collapsed after heavy rains. She said that at…
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Fears for miners trapped underground in S.Africa
Johannesburg, Dec 7 (AFP/APP): Four miners trapped underground after a tremor caused a rockfall at a mine in northeast South Africa are feared to have been cut off from oxygen, their union said Saturday. A fifth miner was rescued with serious injuries after the accident at the Tau Lekoa Mine in the town of Orkney…