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Myanmar: At least 50 die in jade mine landslide
Aljazeera   02 July 2020   Myanmar   Kachin  
The incident took place in the jade-rich Hpakant area of Kachin state [Handout/Myanmar Fire Services Department]
<p>At least 50 people have died after a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, according to officials.<br />The incident took place early on Thursday in the jade-rich Hpakant area of Kachin state after a bout of heavy rainfall, the Myanmar Fire Services ...
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 ...
Accident at Western Australia’s iron ore mine kills one mine worker
Mining Technology   29 January 2020   Australia   Pilbara  
<p>A mine worker has been killed at an accident that occurred at the Roy Hill iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.<br />The worker was injured while he was completing work at the Roy Hill mine on behalf of NRW Holdings subsidiary DIAB ...
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 ...
15 Dead After Dam Collapse at Siberian Mine
Voa news   19 October 2019   Siberia   Krasnoyarsk  
Russian Emergencies Ministry in Krasnoyarsk Region/Handout via Reuters
<p>MOSCOW - At least 15 gold miners were killed on Saturday when a dam collapsed, flooding an artisanal mining encampment in a remote part of Siberia, officials said.<br />Heavy rains had weakened the dam and water broke through, sweeping away several cabins ...
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Miner killed after boulder falls at Whitley County strip mine
WKYT.com   31 March 2017   United States   Americas  
<p>Whitley County lost one of their own Thursday, a man who died earning his living to take care of those he cared most about.</p><p>Kentucky officials are saying that Partin began his shift about 5pm on Wednesday evening. He was performing maintenance work ...