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Hopes were fading Sunday that Chinese search and rescue teams would find survivors, two days after a huge landslide crashed down a Tibetan mountain and buried more than 80 mine workers.

• 01 апреля 2013, 14:52

A gas blast in a northeast China coal mine killed 28 people, authorities said Saturday, according to state media, the latest incident to damage the industry's notoriously poor safety record.

• 30 марта 2013, 10:46

Workers at an underground gold mine in Western Australia have been sacked for performing the Harlem Shake dance while on the job.

• 04 марта 2013, 18:20

Myanmar's government has apologised to senior Buddhist clerics over injuries sustained in a violent police crackdown on a rally at a Chinese-backed copper mine.

• 09 декабря 2012, 12:43

A 74-year-old painting depicting the Canadian mine that produced uranium for the world's first atomic bomb will go under the hammer in Toronto on November 22, set to fetch up to Can$300,000.

• 14 ноября 2012, 16:10

Four miners left under debris of the collapsed roof in the pit in Karaganda oblast were rescued after seven hours.

• 07 ноября 2012, 19:29

Coal mine roof collapsed 18 meters inwards from the mine face leaving 4 people under the debris.

• 07 ноября 2012, 13:51

Lonmin platinum mine workers in South Africa on Tuesday ended their strike in return for pay rises of up to 22 percent, after a nearly six-week standoff that claimed 45 lives.

• 20 сентября 2012, 10:47

Lonmin, the world's number three platinum producer, announced a new offer to striking miners at its South African operations following a fresh round of talks late Thursday.

• 14 сентября 2012, 11:43

South Africa's powerful mineworkers union is trying to rein in unrest in the vital mining sector which has turned into a battleground for rival political and labour factions.

• 05 сентября 2012, 11:52

South African courts are due Monday to start releasing 270 miners arrested over the deaths of fellow workers shot by police, after the murder charges against them were provisionally dropped.

• 04 сентября 2012, 10:09

The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in China has risen to 37, with another 10 people trapped, authorities said Friday, in one of the country's worst mining accidents of the last year.

• 31 августа 2012, 16:35

After a promising weekend turnout of workers at its South African platinum mines, Lonmin expressed hopes more will clock in on Monday as talks resume after violence that claimed 44 lives.

• 27 августа 2012, 18:26

BHP Billiton on Monday said it was selling one of Australia's largest underdeveloped uranium mines to Cameco for US$430 million, just days after delaying its Olympic Dam copper and uranium project.

• 27 августа 2012, 10:34

Embattled platinum giant Lonmin resumed operations Monday at the South African mine where 44 people were killed in a wildcat strike, and gave workers another day to come back to the job.

• 22 августа 2012, 09:59

An illegal strike at a South African platinum mine run by leading global producer Lonmin claimed more lives Thursday as police clashed with miners armed with machetes in the most violent day of the weeklong standoff.

• 17 августа 2012, 16:48

Mudslides that buried an iron ore mine in northwestern China have killed at least 16 people, with another 12 still missing a day after the disaster.

• 01 августа 2012, 12:44

The eight tons of gold, silver and copper unearthed from mines in Mongolia and Utah and now under guard at the Tower of London is the largest ever haul used to make Olympic medals.

• 26 июля 2012, 13:32

The agreement with Korgau trade union was signed on June 19, 2012.

• 25 июня 2012, 11:09

In case production targets are met the miners will be paid a salary of $2700 and up: Chairman of the Board Eduard Ogai.

• 07 мая 2012, 11:57