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Guinea: At least 8 killed in landslide at gold mine
aa.com   03 February 2020   Guinea  
<p>At least eight people have been killed in a landslide at a gold mine in northeastern Guinea, local media reported Sunday.<br />The accident took place Saturday in Norassoba, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) from the town of Siguiri, when the columns supporting ...
Bodies of 3 trapped miners recovered from gold mine near Orkney
News24   07 December 2019   South Africa  
<p>The bodies of three of the four mineworkers who were trapped in a gold mine near Orkney were recovered by rescue workers on Saturday evening.<br>Village Main Reef (VMR) spokesperson James Duncan said the recoveries at the Tau Lekoa mine were made at around ...
At least 22 killed in Congo gold mine collapse, authorities say
CNN   03 October 2019   Democratic Republic of Congo   Kampene  
<p>The number of illegal miners killed in a gold mine collapse in the Democratic Republic of Congo rose to 22 on Thursday, the country's minister of social affairs told CNN.<br>The initial death toll from Wednesday's incident at an illegally-run mine in Kampene ...
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Dozens buried by landslide at illegal goldmine in Indonesia
The Guardian   27 February 2019   Indonesia   North Sulawesi  
Rescue workers in Indonesia at the site of a landslide where gold miners were operating in North Sulawesi province. Photograph: Sutopo Purwo Nugroho/ Indonesia national disaster agency
<p>Dozens of people have been buried by a landslide at an unlicensed goldmine in Indonesia&rsquo;s North Sulawesi province, the national disaster agency has said, as emergency personnel used their bare hands and farm tools to reach victims calling for help ...
Aura suspends San Andreas mining
Mining Journal   23 October 2018   Honduras  
Aura Minerals has suspended mining at San Andres as political turmoil in Honduras intensifies
<p>Mid-tier gold-copper producer Aura Minerals (TSX:ORA) has suspended mining operations at its beset San Andres mine, in Honduras.</p> <p>The mine has been illegally occupied since early July and the company has been unable to get to a resolution. It expects ...
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On December 31, centenary Ontario gold mine shut down
MINING.com   01 January 2018   Canada   Ontario  
The beginning of Porcupine operations in Timmins. Photo by Goldcorp.
<p>December 31, 2017 marked the end of an era for one of Canada's oldest and most prolific gold mines.</p> <p>After 107 years of operations, Porcupine Gold Mines&rsquo; Dome underground mine in Timmins, Ontario, ceased operations due to aging infrastructure, ...
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Expect Mine Closures In This Key Gold Mining Nation
OilPrice.com   13 September 2017   South Africa   South Africa  
<p>I wrote yesterday about the collapse of mining in key African gold nation Tanzania. And today, emerging news shows another major gold producer entering crisis.<br />South Africa.<br />The dire warning on South Africa&rsquo;s gold sector came from ratings ...
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Open-pit gold mine close to production start
Northern Ontario Business   07 September 2017   Canada   Ontario  
New Gold's Rainy River open-pit mine, northwest of Fort Frances
<p>The start-up of New Gold&rsquo;s Rainy River gold mine in northwestern Ontario is only weeks away.</p> <p>The Toronto-based mid-tier miner is putting the finishing touches on the $515 million spent this year to carve out the open pit, dig the tailings area, ...
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South African mines dig deep into technology
The National Business   01 January 2017   South Africa   Cape Town  
A miner at the South Deep gold mine south of Johannesburg. Themba Hadebe / AP Photo
<p>CAPE TOWN // Four kilometres under the earth and it is hotter than the burning sands of Abu Dhabi’s Empty Quarter on a summers’ day.<br><br>At the West Driefontein gold mine to the west of Johannesburg, a small crew of men brave heat under a million tonnes ...
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Newcrest Mining resumes work at Indonesian mine
Newcrest Mining on Tuesday said it had restarted work at the Toguraci mine, at Gosowong. Photo: Erin Jonasson
<p>Gold miner Newcrest has restarted production at one of its two Indonesian underground mines that were shut in early February following a `geotechnical' incident.</p>
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