Burkina Faso rescuers find no survivors in flooded mine chamber | Mining News
Torrential rain flooded the Perkoa zinc mine on April 16, trapping eight workers inside. Rescue workers have found no survivors
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Burkina Faso search party closer to men trapped in flooded mine | Mining News
The workers have been trapped underground since the flooding began on April 16. Rescue teams, pumping water from a flooded
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Angolan diamond mine says Russia sanctions could hurt operations | Russia-Ukraine war News
Endiama, which holds the exclusive concession for diamond mining rights in Angola, has already flagged an almost one-third reduction in
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South Africa launches world’s biggest hydrogen-fuelled truck | Energy News
A number of countries have pledged $8.5bn and technical assistance to help South Africa become a low-carbon economy. Mining giant
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In Indonesia’s illegal mines, the poor risk it all for fortune | Mining
Medan, Indonesia – Lampang has been a miner at a community gold mine in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan for more than
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Bougainville starts process to reopen controversial Panguna mine | Environment News
The controversial Panguna mine, which lay derelict for more than 30 years following the eruption of a civil war on
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Burkina Faso investigates mine flood as rescue efforts continue | Mining News
Prime Minister Albert Ouedraogo says the managers of the Canada-based mining company have been banned from leaving the country as
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Protesting miners stop May Day speech by South Africa’s president | Mining News
Striking mineworkers got on stage as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, a founding member of the trade unions, spoke. South
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Rwanda jails Chinese national for torturing mine workers | Courts News
The Chinese embassy in Rwanda said in a statement that it had ‘taken note’ of the ruling. A Chinese national
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Brazil’s Lula promises to stop illegal mining on Indigenous lands | Politics News
Left-wing former leader backs Indigenous peoples opposed to President Jair Bolsonaro’s push to exploit the Amazon. Brazil’s former left-wing President
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