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Mount Polley mine disaster 5 years later; emotions, accountability unresolved
CBC News   05 August 2019   British Columbia   Quesnel Lake  
Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press
<p>People are swimming and fishing in Quesnel Lake five years after the largest environmental mining disaster in Canadian history, but residents of Likely, B.C., are still struggling with unresolved emotions about what happened and who will be held accountable ...
19 dead in east China mining accident
The Straits Times   29 October 2018   China  
Nineteen miners were confirmed dead.PHOTO: AFP
<p>BEIJING (AFP) - Nineteen miners have been confirmed dead in east China following a mining accident earlier this month that trapped 22 people, state media reported on Monday (Oct 29).<br />The tunnel where the miners were working was blocked at both ends ...
Filed under: Mining News
Crews Search for Miners Buried in Mississippi Gravel Pit for Three Days
NBC NEWS   07 June 2016   USA   Mississippi  
The site of the landslide in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. WLTB
<p>Rescue crews on Monday continued trying to reach two miners buried since Friday in the collapse of a gravel pit in Mississippi.</p> <p>In an update Monday afternoon on what it's now calling a recovery effort, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration ...
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14 dead, dozens missing after Myanmar landslide
aa.com   06 May 2016   Myanmar   Hpakant Township  
Jade mine
<p>At least 14 people have been confirmed dead and dozens are feared missing after a landslide at a jade mine in Myanmar&rsquo;s restive Kachin State.</p> <p>A local police officer told Anadolu Agency on Friday that the accident occurred when a 300 foot cliff ...
South Africa gold mine collapse traps more than 100 people
The Telegraph   05 February 2016   South Africa   Barberton  
Rescue workers and vehicles stand by at the scene of the Lily mine collapse near Barberton Photo: REUTERS
<p>Nearly 80 rescued miners were brought to the surface on Friday, police said, after about 115 were trapped underground following a collapse at a gold mine in northeastern South Africa earlier in the day.</p>
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