One of five miners trapped after a partial collapse at the world’s largest underground copper mine has been found dead, Chile’s state-owned Codelco group announced on Saturday, as rescuers continued their search for survivors. The collapse took place on Thursday at the El Teniente mine in Rancagua, 100km south of Santiago, after a “seismic event.” … Read more
A landslide in Russia’s Amur region pinned the miners more than 120 metres underground. Russian emergency services have called a halt to an operation to rescue 13 men trapped in a gold mine in the far east of the country. The operator of the Pioneer gold mine announced the decision on Monday, two weeks after … Read more
Mine accidents are not uncommon in Zimbabwe where disused mines often attract young unemployed men. Eleven subsistence mine workers are trapped in an underground shaft after a ground collapse at Zimbabwe’s Redwing Mine, 270 km (167.77 miles) west of the capital Harare, authorities said on Friday. The incident took place on Thursday morning, with initial … Read more