BHP has blamed a collision between two autonomous trucks at the Jimblebar iron ore mine in the Pilbara, Western Australia on wet weather.
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Two dead in fatal Chile Orica factory accident
Two workers were killed by an explosion at a Chilean Orica factory over the weekend.
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Poisonous gas kills five in China mine
Five people have died underground in a pyrite mine in central China’s Hunan Province on Monday after inhaling poisonous gas.
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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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Australia’s worst mine disaster remembered
Hundreds of Illawarra residents gathered at Mount Kembla at the weekend to remember the 96 men and boys who died in the nation’s biggest mining disaster.
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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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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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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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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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