Authorities reportedly revealed late last week that 31 illegal miners at a shuttered South African gold operation perished in a methane explosion – an incident that occurred nearly a month ago, brought to light only when family members reported them missing. According to an Associated Press report, all of the workers – believed to be from the county of Lesotho…
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A methane explosion at an ArcelorMittal coal mine in Kazakhstan on November 3 has left five dead and four others hospitalised, reported Al Jazeera. View full article.
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Coal miner JSW has confirmed the death of four workers, one of them a rescue team member, at the Pniówek mine in Poland following a methane explosion during the early hours of 20 April local time. The incident occurred just after midnight at the underground operation in the southern region of the country, when 42 workers were at a depth…
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