A coronial inquest in Queensland has heard a man died at Anglo American’s Foxleigh mine due to a “zipper failure” which caused a tyre to explode.
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Harlequin gold mine remains closed after rock fall death
Central Norseman Gold's Harlequin mine remains closed by orders of the West Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum as it continues to investigate the cause of a deadly rock fall.
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Worker killed at Rio Tinto’s Gove refinery
A man has been killed at Rio Tinto’s Gove refinery in the Northern Territory.
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Six dead in gas leak at Spanish coal mine
A gas leak at a coal mine in Spain has killed six men and left five injured in the country’s worst mining accident in nearly 20 years.
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Three German miners killed after underground explosion
Three miners, who were trapped underground following a controlled potash mine blast, have died.
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Twiggy to get hefty reward as FMG posts profit jump
Fortescue Metals Group founder and Chairman Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest will cash in a dividend of more than $102 million after his company’s 2013 profit and dividend surpassed expectations.
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14 dead in India coal mine collapse
Fourteen people have died in an open cast coal site collapse in the east coast of India.
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Picking up the pieces: Indonesian mine collapse
The most recent incident to befall Grasberg mine in Indonesia was the worst, and something from which it is still attempting to recover. A tunnel collapsed on May 14, killing 28 miners.
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Freeport resumes underground operations after mine collapse
Arizona-based Freeport McMoRan said it will restart underground mining in eastern Indonesia today, after production was halted nearly two months ago due to a tunnel collapse.
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Mining pact won’t solve S.Africa’s conflict
Analysts see no end in sight for conflict in the South African mining industry.
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Freeport mine collapse will not hamper contract talks
A fatal tunnel collapse at a copper and gold mine in Indonesia should not hamper contract negotiations with America’s Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold, a government negotiating team said.
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S.Africa mining union demands double wages
A militant mining union in South Africa is insisting on a 100 per cent rise in sectoral wages.
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37 dead in African gold mine collapse
At least 37 miners have died after a gold mine collapsed in the Central African Republic, according to a spokesman for the presidency.
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Green signal for some Freeport operations
The Indonesian government has given approval for Freeport McMoRan to resume some operations at the world’s second biggest copper mine, according to a senior company official.
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Indonesia looks at resuming Freeport mine
Indonesia’s government is contemplating restarting open-pit mining at Freeport McMoran the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources said on Tuesday.
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4000 strike at South African platinum mine
The trend of violence and unrest continues in the South African mining industry as up to 4,000 mineworkers were on a sit-in strike at an Anglo-American Platinum mine on Friday.
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34 Chinese officials reprimanded for mine accident
Thirty-four local government officials have faced punishment in the Sichuan Province of southwest China in relation to a lethal mine accident and an illegal mine.
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Union leader killed at platinum mine
A platinum mine in South Africa is the centre of deadly violence as a union leader was shot dead and another one was wounded.
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Freeport mine could be shut for two months
A government official said on Saturday Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold cannot restart production at its large copper mine until investigations conclude into the mine collapse.
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Fourth miner death in two weeks
A state wide halting of operations has been ordered for West Virginia after the death of four miners’over the past two weeks.
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