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 …
CHANGSHA - Seven people have died and another is missing after a gas leak at a coal mine in Central China's Hunan province on Saturday, local authorities said Monday. The accident happened at about 2:10 am at Qisi Coal Mine Co. Ltd. in Xinshao County, Shaoyang City while 11 people …
On 27 May 1937, after one week of sustained heavy rainfall, a voluminous flood caused the death of at least 300 people and the destruction of the historic El Carmen church and several neighborhoods in the mining region of Tlalpujahua, Michoacán, central Mexico. This destructive flood was triggered by the …
Kutum Locality — Three people died when a gold mine collapsed in the area of Abdel Shakur in Kutum locality on Saturday. An eyewitness told Radio Dabanga that Haroun Khater Adam, Adam Mohamed Adam, and another man, whose identity could not be ascertained, were inside the pit when it collapsed. …
Colombia's second-biggest coal miner, U.S.-headquartered Drummond, failed to implement adequate health and safety practices prior to an accident in which two workers were killed when a cargo of coal was tipped on them, the Labor Ministry said. The ministry said it will press administrative charges after finding lax procedures may …
SHENYANG, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Five people died after a fire broke out in a pyrite mine in northeast China's Liaoning Province, local authorities said Friday. The accident happened in a pyrite mine under construction in Jianchang County around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday when six workers were carrying out maintenance …
DATONG - Twenty-one people were confirmed dead as of Thursday morning, four days after water from a ground-level reservoir flooded a coal mine in the northern province of Shanxi, according to the work safety regulator. A total of 247 people were working in Jiangjiawan Mine in Datong city when the …
Rescuers carry a miner out of well at Jiangjiawan mine in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, April 21, 2015. The death toll of the coal mine flood accident has climbed to eight till Tuesday noon, and 13 remained trapped underground. —Xinhua Four more miners were rescued from a flooded coal …
DAR ES SALAAM - The collapse of an illegal gold mine has killed 19 people in northwest Tanzania, a senior police official said on Friday. The accident occurred on Thursday night at Kahama district, Shinyanga region, near Acacia Mining's licensed Bulyanhulu gold mine which is majority-owned by Canada's Barrick Gold …
Former managers of a Turkish coal mine where 301 people died last year have appeared in court on murder charges. The eight ex-managers were ordered to testify in person, after plans for them to appear via video link caused outrage among victims' relatives. A total of 45 people are on …
Hundreds of protesters marched in western Turkey on Monday, demanding harsh sentences for mining company executives at the start of their trial over the deaths of 301 miners, the country's worst industrial accident. The underground fire last May sent deadly carbon monoxide coursing through the mine in the town of …
TWO people have been confirmed dead after a coal mine flooded yesterday in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, local authorities said today. The accident occurred at about 10am in Changfeng coal mine of Qitaihe City, according to the city's work safety authorities. The precise casualties are not available yet and the …
One miner was killed and two injured in an accident at a Murray Energy Corp coal mine in West Virginia, the company said on Monday. The accident took place late on Sunday at the Marshall County Coal Co's Marshall County Mine near Cameron, West Virginia, said Murray Energy, the biggest …
BEIJING - The State Administration of Work Safety on Wednesday vowed to close at least 5,000 small mines, which is equal to 5 percent of the nation's mines, to reduce the number of accidents and fatalities in 2015. A 2007 regulation defines serious accidents as those causing 10 to 30 …
Thirty-three miners were confirmed dead late on Wednesday after a coal mine blast in the rebel-held city of Donetsk near the battle front in eastern Ukraine, indicating no one trapped in the rubble survived. Mine officials said the explosion was most likely caused by gas and not fighting in the …
Four workers were killed in a landslide at the country's biggest stone quarry at Bholaganj in Companyganj upazila of the district on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Moin Uddin, 40, son of Etim Hossain, Dana Mia, 42, son of Anwar Hossain, Delwar, 24, son of Shahjalal, and Emdadul …
Four people believed to be illegal miners were feared dead after a landslide at an opencast lignite mine at Dubrave in northeast Bosnia, police and officials said on Sunday. Several people were buried by the landslide late on Saturday and rescuers were trying to get to them, Tuzla police spokesman …
PESHAWAR - At least 12 labourers died after a marble mine collapsed in Ziarat area of Mohmand Agency. Sources said the labourers were busy in excavation when the mine collapsed burying scores of them and two vehicles as well. The sources said that at least twelve bodies have been recovered …
SHENYANG - A coal mine fire killed 24 workers and injured 52 others in Northeast China's Liaoning province early Wednesday, the state-owned Liaoning Fuxin Coal Corporation told Xinhua. The fire occurred in a coal mine under Hengda Coal, a subsidiary of Fuxin Coal, a major coal producer in the province. …
KUALA LUMPUR -- Five Chinese workers were injured Saturday in a coal mine explosion in eastern Malaysia, Chinese consulate in Kuching told Xinhua on Sunday. The explosion has left three persons killed and 29 injured. All of the Chinese victims come from China's Anhui province, and they all suffered different …
Two people died on the spot while 28 others were injured after a mine caved in on Wednesday in Rwinkwavu mines, Kayonza District. The victims were employees of Rwinkwavu Wolfram Mining Company. Inspector of Police (AIP) Emmanuel Kayigi, the Deputy Police spokesman, Eastern Region, said investigations are ongoing to ascertain …
