A disastrous dam collapse in Brazil has resulted in, at least, 7 fatalities and more than 200 people missing. The incident occurred on Friday, 25 of January, 2019. The 86-meter dam was located in t...
Read MoreThe company Aura, a mid-tier gold and copper production firm operating in America, has suspended operations of San Andres mine in Honduras. San Andres mine was illegally occupied by individual...
Read MoreA mine collapse in County Monaghan, Ireland, caused a large sinkhole to emerge on a football pitch. According to Mining company Gyproc, the transportation and storage of water in a previously unuse...
Read MoreA new study by researchers at UK's Sheffield University shows that human activity increasingly provokes fatal landslides. The team collected data from 4800 fatal landslides between 2004 and 2016. O...
Read MoreBlock caving is a new alternative method of developing new mines or extending the operation of open pits. Block caving is an underground hard rock mining method that involves undermining an ore bod...
Read MoreAt least 15 people in northern Myanmar were killed while 45 others were injured due to a landslide on Saturday 14 of July 2018 in the Hpakant jade mining region. The miners were buried by muddy ear...
Read MoreDon't miss the chance to visit Hayward Baker at the SME 2018 Annual Conference at Minneapolis, on February 25-28 2018. The SME Annual Conference & Expo provides excellent opportunities for sha...
Read MoreThe EUR 20,000 project required to create a 3D virtual tour of Italy’s Porto Flavia and Galleria Henry historic mines, available for viewing on the Web, with audio-visual, interactive contents strateg...
Read MoreThe search continues for the miners buried in a Mississippi gravel pit. On Friday, June 3rd, the pit collapsed, burying two workers. As of Saturday, June 10th, the bodies of both workers had...
Read MoreOn May 23rd, a landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant, Myanmar occurred killing at least 12 workers and leaving many more missing. Over 100 workers were in the area at the time and it is unknown how many...
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