Three mine workers have been killed in an underground equipment fire at Glencore JV owned Mopani Copper Mine in Zambia. The company has confirmed that three of its miners died after an underground...
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The New Zealand Government have announced a re-entry date for the Pike River mine. New Zealand Pike River Re-entry Minister Andrew Little says that the 30metre seal will be broken on May 3rd and re...
The US Mine Safety & Health Administration has released an accident investigation report outlining a fatal incident where a 20-year veteran mine worker was hit in the chest with stemming...
An underground blasting accident in a Brazilian gold mine on Friday killed two workers and left others hospitalised last week. The blasting accident occurred at Leagold Mining Corporation‘s...
Environmental damage from a bauxite bulk carrier that has run aground in the Solomon Islands is likely to worsen experts says. The MV Solomon Trader had been loading bauxite from Rennell Island when...
Vale CEO Fabio Schvartsman and three other senior executives have stepped down amidst the fallout from the Brumadinho tailings disaster. The executives submitted their temporary resignations on...
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At least 7 people have died and dozens more are still trapped beneath the rubble of an illegal gold mine that collapsed in Indonesia, officials said Thursday, February 28, as rescuers frantically...
An overloaded bus that was purchased online has killed 22 people in a Chinese metals mine. The bus was being used to transport mineworkers underground when it crashed into the rib of a mine after...
Approximately 20 people have died after a collision that occurred between a truck carrying sulphuric acid to Glencore’s Mutanda Mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo and two other vehicles. The...
The families of the 29 Pike River miners are in disbelief regarding the handling and mismanagement of critical evidence by the New Zealand Police and the former New Zealand Department of Labour (Now...
Hastings Deering has issued a safety bulletin (01-2019) highlighting the potential for fractures in grader wheel spindles on large motor graders. Mine operators with large motor graders are advised...
Twenty-three illegal miners died on Tuesday evening when interlinked shafts and tunnels at two mines in Battlefields were flooded after the collapse of a dam wall due to heavy rains received in the...
