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La Paz -
Construction workers in Bolivia have stumbled upon a mass grave with the remains of hundreds of likely indigenous miners during the Spanish colonial era, a researcher said Saturday.
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by AFP
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Tegucigalpa -
Rescuers paused the search for eight miners trapped in a collapsed gold mine in southern Honduras, as hopes of finding the men alive faded.
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by AFP
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Kiev -
Nine miners were killed after a gas explosion ripped through an underground coal mine in eastern Ukraine, authorities said on Friday.
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by AFP
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Kroondal -
Workers at the world's top platinum producers on Thursday looked set to back a deal brokered between union leaders and miners to end the longest mining strike in South Africa's history.
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by Mujahid Safodien (AFP)
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Governmental agreements on reducing royalty shares in Lesotho will make a new partership between the diamond mines in the Maluti Mountains and Firestone of Britain.
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Chongqing -
Twenty-two people were killed in an accident at a coal mine in the southwest Chinese city of Chongqing on Tuesday, state media reported. The accident at the Yanshitai coal mine in Chongqing municipality's Wansheng district occurred at around 5.
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by AFP
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Sydney -
Global mining giant BHP Billiton raised its fiscal year iron ore production outlook for a second time this year on Wednesday after seeing a better-than-expected jump in output for January-March.
In the Media
by AFP
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Chongqing -
Twenty-two people were killed in an accident at a coal mine in the southwest Chinese city of Chongqing on Tuesday, state media reported. The accident at the Yanshitai coal mine in Chongqing municipality's Wansheng district occurred at around 5.
In the Media
by AFP
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Ankara -
Turkey's deputy prime minister on Wednesday condemned a top aide for attacking an anti-government protester in the wake of the country's worst ever mining disaster, describing the incident as "catastrophic".
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by AFP
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Ankara -
Turkey has charged three more people with manslaughter over the country's worst mining disaster, including the CEO of the company operating the pit, reports said on Tuesday.
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by AFP
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Istanbul -
"This faculty is occupied," reads a huge banner hanging from the mining department of an Istanbul university, where Turkish students have been holding all-night vigils over a devastating mine disaster that claimed over 300 lives.
In the Media
by Dilay Gundogan (AFP)
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Soma -
A Turkish court on Sunday charged three people with manslaughter over a mine disaster that killed 301 people, the prosecutor in charge of the probe said.
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by AFP
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Soma -
Murat Yokus may have escaped Turkey's deadliest mine explosion, but he is unable to erase the memories of his friends falling one by one to the ground, suffocated by thick fumes that engulfed the tunnels where they were trapped.
In the Media
by Ambre Tosunoglu (AFP)
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Soma -
Turkey on Saturday declared rescue operations over following this week's devastating coal mine blast, with the final death toll at 301. "The rescue operation was carried out to completion.
In the Media
by AFP
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Soma -
Turkish riot police fired tear gas Friday at thousands of protesters at the scene of a disaster that killed nearly 300 miners, as the government faced a worsening political backlash.
In the Media
by Philippe Alfroy and Fulya Ozerkan in Istanbul (AFP)
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Soma -
Turkish police clashed with thousands of anti-government protesters angered by the deaths of at least 283 workers in the country's worst mining disaster, piling pressure on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In the Media
by Philippe Alfroy and Fulya Ozerkan in Istanbul (AFP)
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Soma -
More than 150 miners are dead and hundreds more missing Tuesday after an explosion and fire crippled a coal mine in western Turkey.
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Kroondal -
Thousands of club-wielding striking workers at a platinum mine in South Africa were urged by their leaders to remain steadfast in the face of a deadline to return underground Wednesday.
In the Media
by Johannes MYBURGH (AFP)
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Soma -
The wail of the siren was greeted by craning necks and expectant gazes but the ambulance zipped past and left no clue to the hundreds huddled in the dark, hoping for news of their loved ones.
In the Media
by Philippe Alfroy (AFP)
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At least 17 miners were killed and more than 200 remain trapped underground after an explosion in a coal mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa on Tuesday, officials said.
In the Media
by Philippe Alfroy (AFP)
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Bogot -
The death toll from a landslide at an illegal gold mine in western Colombia has risen to 12, authorities said Monday, as rescuers searched for four more missing victims.
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by AFP
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Santander De Quilichao -
Rescue workers recovered more bodies of people killed in a landslide at an illegal gold mine in western Colombia, raising the death toll to 10, with an additional six feared dead.
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by AFP
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Bogot -
Relatives of 13 miners buried by a landslide kept vigil Friday near an unlicensed mine in western Colombia, as they clung to meager hope that their loved ones could have survived.
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by AFP
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Qujing -
The death toll from a flooded coal mine in southwest China has risen to 20 with the recovery of another 14 bodies nearly two weeks after the accident, state media reported.
In the Media
by AFP
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Sydney -
Global mining giant BHP Billiton raised its fiscal year iron ore production outlook for a second time this year on Wednesday after seeing a better-than-expected jump in output for January-March.
In the Media
by AFP
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Sydney -
Global mining giant BHP Billiton lifted full-year iron ore guidance on Wednesday and posted better than expected March quarter output of 49.6 million tonnes.
In the Media
by AFP
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Sydney -
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto posted a fall in first-quarter iron ore production on Tuesday, blaming bad weather over western Australia.January-March output of 66.
In the Media
by AFP
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Johannesburg -
Anglo American's chief executive has hinted that the mining titan is looking to offload its strike-hit South African platinum mines to concentrate on open-cast extraction.
In the Media
by AFP
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Lima -
Glencore Xstrata is to sell its entire stake in the Las Bambas copper mine in Peru for about $5.85 billion to a Chinese consortium. The consortium is "owned 62.5 percent by MMG Limited, 22.
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by AFP
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Pungesti -
US energy major Chevron, shielded by barbed wire, under police protection and under fire from egg throwers, is in trouble in Romania with villagers angry at its drive to drill for shale gas.
In the Media
by Isabelle Wesselingh (AFP)
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Ontario Federation of Labour President Sid Ryan speaking at a rally supporting Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug.
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As you can see from this picture (which is more than 50 years old) coal sands mining is nothing new in Canada. The sheer scale that it is done on today may be causing serious problems for anyone eating near a water source in Canada.
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A Canadian flag covered in oil.
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A photo-op for a rally supporting Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug and in protest of Gods Lake Resource mining the area.
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Bulent Kilic, AFP
People stand in front of a hospital as they wait for news from her relatives after a coal mine explosion in the Turkish province of Manisa, on May 14, 2014
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A flash mob opposing Gods Lake Resources mining the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug area.
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US DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Sunset uranium mine in Wyoming, now in the process of being reclaimed. The reclamation includes the mitigation of surface and underground hazards including highwalls, pits, open shafts, spoil piles and substandard water. The goal is to eliminate hazards to public health and safety, and control environmental degradation, while being sensitive to public concerns and landowner issues.
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Activist's shirt stating the dangers of open-pit mining.
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Signs at open-pit mining demonstration.
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Bottles representing contaminated water.
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A photo-op for a rally supporting Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug and in protest of Gods Lake Resource mining the area.
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Corporate zombies at open-pit mining protest.
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RESOURCES: This open pit coal mine is in Mugla, Turkey, about 150 miles south of Soma where the Tuesday's disaster occurred.
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Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Councillor Cecilia Begg speaking at a rally protesting against Gods Lake Resources mining her native land.
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Ontario Federation of Labour President Sid Ryan speaking at a rally in Toronto supporting Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug.
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