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A rare violet diamond, the largest of its kind ever found at Australia's remote Argyle mine, will be the centrepiece of annual showcase.

• 03 мая 2016, 14:10

A large fight between Kazakh and Chinese workers of Aktogay mine in East Kazakhstan occurred on July 8.

• 10 июля 2015, 22:30

Students from Almaty have assembled a robot that can identify sources of radiation and harmful gases.

• 08 декабря 2014, 11:42

An explosion in a mine in Satpayev town of Karaganda Oblast in central Kazakhstan has claimed one life.

• 06 ноября 2014, 11:44

Russian gold mining company Polymetal plans to invest up to $640 million into Kazakhstani gold mine Kyzyl.

• 06 сентября 2014, 13:14

Australia has given the go-ahead to a massive coal mine in Queensland state which Environment Minister Greg Hunt said Monday could ultimately provide electricity for up to 100 million Indians.

• 28 июля 2014, 10:38

Rescuers freed three of 11 laborers trapped in a collapsed mine in southern Honduras, two days after the men became trapped.

• 05 июля 2014, 11:54

Four Tunisian soldiers were killed by a land mine in the country's northwest, where the army has been battling Islamist militants, the defence ministry said.

• 03 июля 2014, 14:19

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart had Aus$2.01 billion (US$1.89 billion) wiped off her fortune in the past year but remains Australia's wealthiest person, an annual rich list showed.

• 27 июня 2014, 12:05

Eight suspected illegal gold miners were found shot dead at a disused mine near Johannesburg at the weekend, police said.

• 23 июня 2014, 15:17

Four people have been killed and two others injured in an explosion at a copper mine in southeast Russia, a Russian news agency reported.

• 23 июня 2014, 09:05

Development of Aulie gold deposit has started in Yessil District of North Kazakhstan Oblast.

• 20 июня 2014, 12:59

Kyrgyzstan has granted a gold mine operating permit to Canada's Centerra Gold, barely making the deadline for a threatened shutdown of operations.

• 14 июня 2014, 14:17

Seven miners were killed and two others are missing after a gas explosion ripped through an underground coal mine in eastern Ukraine, authorities said.

• 13 июня 2014, 18:03

Surging mining exports powered the Australian economy to better-than-expected 1.1 percent growth in the first quarter of the year, data showed Wednesday, but Treasurer Joe Hockey said he was also encouraged by a pick-up in other sectors.

• 05 июня 2014, 10:02

Canada's Centerra Gold on Monday threatened to close its mine in Kyrgyzstan unless its receives long-awaited government approvals for its annual mine plan and related operating permits by June 13.

• 03 июня 2014, 12:32

The operator of a Turkish mine where an explosion has claimed more than 280 lives said on Friday the disaster was not due to negligence on its part.

• 16 мая 2014, 15:44

Hundreds of striking miners marched at a Lonmin platinum mine in South Africa Wednesday, where bosses have been trying to break deadly stoppages that have severely curbed production.

• 14 мая 2014, 14:27

At least 201 people were killed and hundreds more remained trapped underground after an explosion at a coal mine in western Turkey, the government said Wednesday, warning that rescue efforts faced a race against time.

• 14 мая 2014, 10:19

Rescue workers recovered more bodies Saturday of people killed in a landslide at an illegal gold mine in western Colombia, raising the death toll to 10, with an additional six feared dead.

• 04 мая 2014, 12:57