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Blast in Chinese coal mine traps and kills 21 workers

The Chinese Xinjiang province, in the western part of the country, witnessed a violent explosion in a coal mine that killed 21 workers. According to the Xinhua news agency, quoted by ABC News, the accident occurred in the Baiyanggou pit, last Friday (13). The local authorities revealed that 34 miners were working underground at the time of … Read more

Deaths, violence and illegalities keep staining the South African mining sector

A conflict between competing groups in a mine located in Johannesburg’s East Rand, South Africa, caused the death of seven illegal miners, about a week ago. Besides the fatal victims, also 12 other men got seriously injured. The local police was alerted on the past Sunday (July 28th) to a violent fight between the groups, … Read more