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Mine explosion in China: 15 miners dead
- Nov, 18, 2019
- Mining News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- China, Jinzhong
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
15 miners were reported dead and 9 more were injured after a gas explosion in a Chinese coal mine. The blast occurred on Monday, November 18, 2019. The facility is located in Pingyao county, Shanxi p...
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Dam collapse in Siberia results in 15 casualties
- Oct, 19, 2019
- Dam Engineering Mining News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Russia, Krasnoyarsk
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
At least 15 workers died after a dam collapsed flooding a gold mine in Siberia, Russia. The gold mine is located in the Krasnoyarsk district of Russia, 160 kilometers south of Krasnoyarsk city, The...
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Landslide in Chad's gold mine: At least 30 people dead
- Sep, 24, 2019
- Mining Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Chad
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
At least 30 people died due to a landslide in an illegal gold mine in Chad. The landslide occurred on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. The illegal gold mine is located in Kouri Bougoudi, an area in north...
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Eldorado receives permits for Greek gold mines exploitation
According to the Canadian Eldorado Gold Corp, the Greek government granted installation permits for both Skouries and Olympias gold mine projects on September 2, 2019. Skouries and Olympians mines ar...
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Engineering new materials to replace diamonds for drilling
- Aug, 02, 2019
- Oil & Gas Laboratory Testing Mining News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Diamond drilling was a break-through approach mostly used in mining industry to exploit deposits that would otherwise remain inaccessible. It also enabled the recovery of cores to examine the undergr...
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Mine collapse in Congo: At least 43 fatalities
- Jun, 27, 2019
- Mining News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kolwezi
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
At least 43 miners were killed after a mine collapsed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The dramatic incident occurred on Thursday, July 27, 2019 in the Kolwezi region when 2 galleries inside the...
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A landslide and a wall collapse struck the Indian state of Odisha in less than 2 days: At least 7 fatalities
- Jun, 08, 2019
- Landslides Mining Slope Stability News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India, Keonjhar
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
At least 7 people have died and 8 more were injured after a landslide and a wall collapse occurred in Odisha's Keonjhar and Dhenkanal district in India, respectively. On Saturday, June 8, 2019, three...
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Ancient Egyptian inscriptions found at Amethyst mines
Over 100 ancient inscriptions were found at an Amethyst mine in Wadi el-Hudi. According to archaeologists, the inscriptions were carved in the rock. The researchers also discovered 45 more wri...
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Mining waste disposal: A challenging issue
The time for Mining industry to change its approach about waste disposal techniques has arrived. On January, 2019, an upstream dam collapsed in Brazil releasing a wave of red iron ore and contamina...
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The devastating impact of Gold Mining in South Africa
For 130 years South Africa has been exploiting its gold resources in Johannesburg. But at what cost? 278 abandoned mines and 200 mining dumps, that contain about 6 billion tons of waste, ...
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