A fire broke out deep in a gold mine in southern Peru and killed at least 27 workers during an overnight shift, Peruvian authorities reported. The Yanaquihua mining company said in a statement that 175 workers had been safely evacuated after the accident, which happened late Friday or early Saturday. …
Read More »Thirty-One killed in Sudanese gold mine collapse -official
At least 31 people were killed in the collapse of a private gold mine in western Sudan, a mining official told Reuters on Tuesday. “Thirty-one bodies were recovered after the collapse of a gold mine in En Nahud locality in West Kurdufan state. Only one person was rescued alive,” said …
Read More »Dam Collapse Kills at Least 15 Gold Miners in Siberia
At least 15 miners were killed on Saturday (October 19) when a dam collapsed at a gold mine about 160 km (100 miles) south of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russian news agencies reported. Heavy rains had caused erosion of the dam and water had broken through, sweeping away several …
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