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 …
The 26 miners who were trapped in a Russian coal mine above the Arctic circle have died and rescue operations have been halted after a third blast underground killed several rescue workers, emergency services said on Sunday. The miners were trapped on Thursday after a sudden leak of methane gas …
Newcrest Mining suspended all mining and processing at its Gosowong operation in Indonesia after the underground section of the gold mine was damaged by a cave-in late on Monday, which trapped one of its workers. Newcrest said on Tuesday it did not know what caused the "geotechnical event", which led …
Rescuers have successfully lifted out 4 miners who had been trapped for 36 days after a gypsum mine collapsed in Pingyi County, east China's Shandong Province in late December. Meanwhile, rescue efforts are still in full swing for the 13 trapped miners still listed as missing underground. Zhang Shuping, mayor …
Rescuers have found eight survivors five days after a mine collapse in east China's Shandong Province, rescuers confirmed Wednesday. The gypsum mine accident happened at 8 p.m. Friday in Pingyi County. At the time, 29 people were working underground. One is confirmed dead, four escaped, and seven have been rescued, …
The owner of a gypsum mine that collapsed on Friday in Shandong province drowned early on Sunday morning in an apparent suicide while assisting rescue teams attempting to extract the 17 miners still trapped underground, according to local authorities. Zhang Shuping, mayor of Linyi, said that Ma Congbo, chairman of …
At least 13 people died when an old gold mine they were working in collapsed in eastern Guinea, a local official said on Monday. The accident happened in a mine run by informal workers in Kintinia, about 800 km (500 miles) northeast of Conakry, an area which holds some of …
Another four miners have been confirmed dead, bringing the death toll in a mine fire in northeast China's Liaoning Province to 17 as of Friday morning, local authorities said. The fire broke out Thursday afternoon at the Xingli coal mine in Huludao City. As of 9:07 pm Thursday, 23 trapped …
HARBIN - The number of people trapped underground after an explosion at a coal mine on Wednesday afternoon has risen to 19, the work safety authority in northeast China's Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province said. The explosion happened at about 2:30 p.m., at the time 52 people were working underground, 33 …
At least 12 miners are feared dead after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Indonesia's West Java province on Tuesday night, local police said on Wednesday. Lack of safety was blamed for the incident in Pongor mountainous area of Bantar Karet village in Bogor district, said Udjwala Prana Sigit, head …
More than 30 illegal miners were trapped and at least one confirmed dead on Monday in a collapsed illegal mine pit at Tarkwa Nsuaem, near Takoradi, 218 km west of the capital Accra. Local media quoting eye witness say at least one person had been pulled out of the debris …
Four miners have been killed in a methane gas explosion at a coal mine in Colombia's central Boyaca province. The accident happened near the town of Socha, 250km north-west of the capital, Bogota, on Monday. Boyaca province is rich in minerals and mining is one of its main industries. The …
Rescue workers are trying to reach a missing miner trapped by tonnes of earth and water in a coal-mine tunnel in Quang Ninh province's Ha Long City. His name is Phan Van Van. One miner was killed in the incident and another ten seriously injured. The accident occurred at about …
GUIYANG, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Ten people were killed and three are missing after a gas outburst at a coal mine in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Tuesday night. Five people suffered injuries, but are not in critical condition, an official with the Pu'an County told Xinhua. A total of …
Two miners were confirmed dead Wednesday after a coal mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province was flooded on Monday. Another 13 miners were still trapped, with the rescue work still underway, the emergency rescue headquarters said. The flood inundated the Xuxiang Colliery in Hegang's Xing'an District at around 5 p.m. …
Twelve miners are trapped in a coal mine in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province after it flooded late on Monday afternoon. The flood inundated the mine in Xing'an district of Hegang city, a major Chinese coal producer, at around 5 pm, the city government's publicity department told Xinhua. Rescuers are trying …
MANILA, July 17 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed and six others were missing after a coal mine collapsed in Semirara Island in the central Philippine province of Antique on Friday due to heavy monsoon rain, said the country's Department of Energy. The department said initial investigation shows …
The owners of Hazelwood are refusing to pay an $18 million bill for the firefighting effort to stop a massive fire at their brown coal mine last year that shrouded the town of Morwell in smoke and ash. In March, the Country Fire Authority sent an invoice to Hazelwood owners …
FUZHOU - Nine people are still trapped after they broke into an unlicensed coal mine on Saturday in Longyan city in east China's Fujian Province, local authorities announced on Sunday morning. Twelve workers broke into an abandoned and unlicensed coal mine in Wendong village in the city's Yongding district without …
CHANGSHA, June 2 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in a gas leak that happened at a coal mine on Saturday in central China's Hunan Province has risen to eight, rescuers said Tuesday. The last body was recovered on Tuesday morning as the three-day rescue ended. The accident occurred at about …
TWO people were killed and six others were trapped yesterday due to a gas leak at a coal mine in central China’s Hunan Province, local authorities said. The accident occurred about 2:10am in the city of Shaoyang as 11 people were working underground, three of whom managed to escape. A …
