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 …
Nine people have been confirmed dead in a coal mine cave-in in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Monday, a local mining company said on Thursday. A 60-hour rescue operation ended Thursday morning as the body of the last trapped miner was lifted to the ground, raising the death …
WARSAW, Poland (AP) Polish officials are searching for a miner who has been missing underground following a methane explosion. The accident occurred 660 meters (1,265 feet) below the surface Monday evening at the Myslowice-Wesola mine near the southern Polish city of Katowice. The broadcaster TVN24 is reporting that of 37 …
Four people died in a coal mine explosion in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, said local authorities on Tuesday. The blast ripped through a shaft of the Xinjiu Coal Mine in Shuangyashan City at about 6 p.m. on September 4. The owner of the mine then tried to conceal the deadly …
CHANDRAPUR: Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) has initiated inquiry into the massive fire that broke out at Sinala underground mine in Durgapur Rayyatwari collieries (DRC) sub-area under WCL Chandrapur area. A team of director general mines safety (DGMS) investigating into the case is expected to submit its report within three weeks. …
NANCHANG - Three people are trapped underground after a coal mine flooded in east China's Jiangxi Province, local authorities said Monday. The accident happened at about 3 am Sunday at Baoshan Coal Mine in Leping City while workers were performing technological upgrading, according to the provincial coal mine safety administration. …
The report of an inquiry into the Hazelwood coalmine fire will be released on Tuesday as residents of the nearby town of Morwell consider a class action lawsuit. The 400-page report is expected to be critical of the Victorian health department and the mine’s operator, GDF Suez. During hearings, the …
A recent investigation carried out using ground vibration measurement instruments concluded that blasting at the four mine and quarries in Gidaphu are within safe limits, and does not have any damaging consequences on the structures nearby. The investigation was carried out for three days during which six blasts were carried …
An explosion in a Chinese coal mine has killed two workers and trapped 25 others underground, according to state media. The blast at the privately-owned mine in Huainan city resulted in part of a tunnel collapsing, trapping workers. Twelve others were rescued. The cause of the blast is being investigated. …
WUHAN - Rescuers are battling to save six coal miners trapped after a flood in a mine in central China's Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hubei Province. The accident took place at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday in a coal mine of Yesanguan Mining Company in Badong County. Five …
China's work safety authority reported on Tuesday cover-ups in two coal mining accidents that killed 11 people last month. On July 5, a roof collapse at Xingcheng Coal Mine in Heilongjiang province left eight miners dead. The mine owner intentionally concealed the accident until the public informed regulators, according to …
At least 17 miners remain trapped after a coal mine gas blast in Xinjiang on Saturday night. Rescuers are pouring nitrogen into the mine to dilute the gas concentration. The process, which was started early on Sunday morning, needs to be continued for 24 hours before it is safe to …
Rescuers laboured with pickaxes and shovels to dig out 11 miners trapped by a landslide at an illegal gold mine in southern Honduras, and are close to reaching three of the workers, officials said on Thursday. The workers were trapped when the entrance of the mine in San Juan Arriba …
A landslide at the entrance of a small gold mine in southern Honduras trapped at least 11 miners underground on Wednesday, firefighters said. A rescue operation was under way at the mine in San Juan Arriba, 110 km (70 miles) south of the capital, Tegucigalpa. Firefighters said they had made …
Two miners were killed in a coal mine which caved in accidentally on Monday at the mining zone of Yaqoob Brohi village near Jhimpir, locals and officials said. They said that around two dozen workers were busy digging coal when a wall of the mine collapsed and the miners got …
Two coalminers died when poisonous gas accumulated in a mine in Dukkai area of Loralai district on Monday. According to Levies, the miners were working deep in the coalmine when they fell unconscious. Rescue teams brought them out of the mine but they had died by then. “Methane was found …
Nine coal miners were missing on Thursday after a methane gas explosion in a pit in the east Ukrainian region of Donetsk, the emergency services said on Thursday. The blast occurred at 3.39 a.m (0039 GMT) at a depth of 300 metres, they said in a statement. The mine is …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Circuit Bench at High Court of Meghalaya, Shillong) in the matter of Threat to Life Arising Out of Coal Mining in South Garo Hills District Vs. State of Meghalaya & Ors. dated 09/06/2014 regarding illegal mining activity resulting in loss of life. Previous Orders
One miner was killed and five others remain trapped in a flooded coal mine in North China's Hebei province, local authorities said Tuesday. The accident happened in a shaft in Xiandewang coal mine in Xingtai city at 7:30 pm on Monday when 14 miners were working underground. One was killed …
Two dozen people, including company executives, have been detained as Turkish officials investigate the mining disaster that killed 301 people, a domestic news agency reported Sunday. The Dogan news agency said Ramazan Dogru, general manager of the mine owned by Soma Holding, and its operations manager, Akin Celik, were among …
Turkish rescue workers have retrieved the bodies of the last two missing miners in the nation’s worst mining disaster, putting the final death toll at 301, the energy minister said Saturday. Taner Yildiz said 485 miners escaped or were rescued after Tuesday’s explosion and fire that devastated a coal mine …
