Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hussain Ahamad Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 05/01/2024. In the application, the allegation was in respect of illegal mining of earth from the nearby agricultural field by brick kilns in an area in Muzaffarnagar district. Pits were …
An early-morning explosion deep in a coal mine in Ukraine on Friday killed 17 miners and left 9 others missing in a nation where poor maintenance and lax safety regulation make mining a perilous profession. Officials said 11 people were injured. It was the deadliest mine disaster in Ukraine since …
Three miners were killed while four others injured in a gas explosion in coal mine on Tuesday, police said. An official told APP that miners were working in a coalmine in Sangni Mehra area some six kilometres from Muzaffarabad when explosion occurred due to gas storage in the mine. He …
The socio-economic survey of underground fire-affected families of Jharia coalfield region, which was stalled midway over a rate dispute, is set to start again. Rehabilitation and resettlement in-charge of Jharia Rehabilitation and Development Authority (JRDA) Gopal Ji said new rates had been fixed for carrying out survey work, which is …
In the first comprehensive state report on the 2010 coal mine disaster in West Virginia, an independent team of investigators has put the blame squarely on the owner of the mine, Massey Energy, concluding that it had
Stunned relatives held a vigil on Wednesday outside a mine in northern Mexico where the fate of nine workers remained unknown after an explosion that killed at least five of their colleagues. Rescuers used picks, shovels and their hands to tunnel through dirt, wood, metal and rock in a frantic …
A number of amendments to the Mining Safety Act would be passed soon by Parliament to ensure safety of workers and greater accountability of mine owners towards them, Union Labour Minister M Mallikarjun Kharge said on Sunday.
The tribunal officer carrying out a probe into the Sorrange coalmine accident which claimed lives of dozens of miners, has directed officials of the Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC) to present a report on the issue at the next hearing of the tribunal. Methane gas explosions at a coalmine in …
Dhanbad, Feb. 27: Barely 40 hours after a mine lift snapped at a BCCL colliery in Chandmari, the roof of another in Kumardubi, owned by Eastern Coalfields Limited, caved in killing one person today. While pump operator Badal Bauri died on the spot, cable man Naresh Nonia sustained injuries. He …
Sardinata (Colombia), Jan. 27: An explosion likely caused by a methane gas buildup ripped through an underground coal mine in Colombia during a shift change on Wednesday, killing 21 workers, officials said. A similar fatal blast occurred at the same mine four years ago. Five of the victims died at …
Four persons, including a teenage girl, were killed on Thursday when a mica mine caved in at Domchach in Koderma district of Jharkhand, about 160 km from Ranchi. Those killed were allegedly indulging in illegal mining when the incident occurred. Police said that seven persons went to extract mica from …
A pall of gloom hung over this small New Zealand town on Thursday as the government promised an independent inquiry to try to answer what caused the country's worst mining disaster in nearly 70 years. Flags flew at half mast under grey skies in Greymouth on the rugged west coast …
POLICE say all 29 workers missing in a New Zealand coal mine are dead after a second explosion Wednesday that no one could have survived. Explosive and poisonous gases had prevented rescuers from entering the mine to search for the missing men since an initial explosion on Friday at the …
Beijing: At least 31 people, including 28 miners were trapped in flooded coal and iron mines in China, the state media reported on Sunday. Twenty-eight miners were trapped in a flooded colliery in southwest China
- Metal sheets beaten into a capsule to save 64 miners trapped 380ft underground for 4 days Mahabir Colliery (Ranigunj), Oct. 18: A coal pit accident leaves 64 miners trapped hundreds of feet underground and inches from a watery grave, and a poor nation swings into action. Six holes are …
There were 33 miners trapped deep underground in northern Chile; it took 33 days to drill into the group to reach them. Some say the numbers are just a coincidence, but others say there is more to it.
David Barboza In a country where mining tragedies are common, there was jubilation on October 13 at a rescue operation that lifted 33 miners to safety after a lengthy ordeal in Chile. And there was a sense that China was not just sympathetic but had contributed something. The Chinese state-run …
Donald G. Mcneil Jr. Defying grim predictions about how they would fare after two months trapped underground, many of the Chilean miners came bounding out of their rescue capsule on October 13 as pictures of energy and health, able not only to walk but, in one case, to leap around, …
San Jose Mine (Chile): After over two months trapped deep in a Chilean mine, 33 miners are enjoying the Sunday tantalizingly close to rescue. Drillers have completed an escape shaft, and Chile
