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 …
JOHANNESBURG – Harmony Gold reported on Monday that one of its employees was fatally injured in a fall of ground incident at Bambanani mine in Welkom, in the Free State, on Friday. This brings to at least five the number of mineworkers who have reportedly been killed in mining accidents …
Dar es Salaam - Two miners were killed and several others are believed missing after an illegal gold mine collapsed in northern Tanzania, the mining ministry said on Friday. At least 18 miners were illegally digging for gold in the town of Buhemba near Lake Victoria on Monday. "The shaft …
In the wake of the Jharkhand coal mine cave-in, which has so far claimed 18 lives, the government has decided to conduct safety audits for all the 418 mines in the country, coal and power minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. In the wake of the Jharkhand coal mine cave-in, …
Two people died and another was seriously injured in two separate mining accidents last week. The victims had sneaked into mining caves in Rubavu and Gasabo districts. The deceased were at the time mining sand at night in Rushubi Village of Gikombe Cell in Rubavu, when they tampered with a …
CHANGSHA - A coal mine gas explosion killed two people, injured one and trapped another two in central China's Hunan Province Sunday, local authorities said. The explosion occurred in a coal mine in Shaodong County at about 3 p.m. and trapped five miners immediately. As of 8 p.m., three have …
At Least 2,175 people died in road accidents in the industrial and mining districts of Sundargarh and Keonjhar, under western range of police, from January 2013 to August 2016. Despite the fact that there has been a drastic cut in mining operations from 2012-end, the scenario continues to be a …
Three miners who have been trapped in an abandoned gold mine in the South African city of Johannesburg since Wednesday have emerged alive. The men fled the scene as soon as they came out fearing they would be arrested for illegal mining, police said. Others though remain trapped. It is …
While the country admitted the number of deaths increased from major coal mine accidents, state figures conflict with independent media and research reports. In a rare admission, China has acknowledged an increase in deaths from major coal mine accidents as the government presses its campaign to cut production overcapacity in …
SHENYANG - Two people have been confirmed dead and 11 remain missing three days after a fire broke out underground at an illegal mine in northeast China's Liaoning Province. At around 10 a.m. on Thursday, rescuers found the bodies of two victims in the shaft, according to the local rescue …
GUIYANG -- Eight people have been trapped in a flooded coal mine in Southwest China's Guizhou province, authorities said Monday. Days of torrential rains triggered flooding of a river near the Nasheng Coal Mine in Dingxiao Township of Qiandongnan Miao and Buyi Prefecture Sunday, trapping eight miners in a shaft, …
The South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL) will be putting up safety messages on 'Retro Reflective Sign Boards' at different locations of its Gevra mining project in Korba district of Chhattisgarh, officials informed. Notably, SECL crossed 100 million tonnes of coal production as on January 12, 2016. To enhance and maintain …
A collapse at an illegal mine killed at least 13 people in Myanmar's northern Kachin State, a resident involved in rescue efforts said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of deadly accidents to hit the jade-mining area. The wall of the pit in Weikha Village in Hpakant, the center …
TEGUCIGALPA – Firefighters and national emergency management office personnel continue working on Wednesday to rescue three men trapped in an artisanal mine in southern Honduras, officials said Wednesday. The rescue operation is taking place at a mine in Choluteca province, which is on the border with Nicaragua. The miners, identified …
BEIJING - Six people have been killed and one injured in a gold mine accident in northern suburbs of Beijing, local authorities said Sunday. The government of the city's Pinggu district received report on Saturday morning from the township of Jinhaihu, saying five people were trapped in a mine shaft …
Rescuers have found two miners' bodies in a flooded colliery in Shaanxi Province, but nine remain missing more than 75 hours after the flood. The first body was retrieved from the Zhaojin coal mine in the city of Tongchuan at 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, and the second was found at …
XI'AN - Eleven miners were missing in a coal mine flooding accident Monday in Northwest China's Shaanxi province, authorities said. The accident happened around 8 am at Zhaojin Coal Mine in Yaozhou district in the city of Tongchuan, when 67 workers were in the shaft, said a spokesman with the …
URUMQI -- Three people were killed, one injured and seven more trapped after a coal mine collapsed Sunday afternoon in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, local authorities said Monday. A total of 19 people were working in the mine when part of the coal mine collapsed at around 2:50 …
Mining operations at Papua New Guinea's Ok Tedi copper mine remain suspended on Monday following the tragic death of a worker from a rock fall, just two weeks after operations recommenced. Papua New Guinea's largest copper miner restarted operations earlier this month following a nine-month shutdown due to the savage …
The Geita District Administrative Secretary, Mr Gasper Kanyairita, told the ‘Daily News’ that the victims’ death came a few months after authorities warned over the safety of the pit. Mr Kanyairita said an operation conducted as soon as the calamity was reported managed to save four miners who were rushed …
Russia's technical watchdog, Rostekhnadzor, said on Tuesday it had not found any serious breaches of safety regulations at an Arctic coal mine where an accident killed 36 miners and rescue workers last week, Russian news agencies reported.
