Tag: miners
“The miners can survive for months – there are entire communities underground”
Over the weekend, food and water reached the illegal miners who are underground in Stilfontein in South Africa. According to Johannes Qankase, who is involved in the miners’ situation, 600…
More than 50 miners killed in methane explosion in Iran | News in brief
At least 51 miners have died in a coal mine in the Iranian city of Tabas as a result of a gas accident. The Iranian state media IRNA reported on…
Chile: Strike ends in the world’s largest copper mine, miners win their case
The main union at the Escondida copper mine in Chile ended a strike that began three days earlier on Friday, August 17, after management increased a large bonus granted to…
the authorities withdraw the permit for the mine where nine miners are trapped
Rescue operations continue in Erzincan, in the northeast, four days after a landslide trapped nine people working in a gold mine. While the chances of finding them alive are considered…
The torment of the trapped miners in India has continued for a week – the danger of collapse is slowing down rescue efforts
Rescue crews are considering drilling an escape shaft to reach the 41 miners in the collapsed tunnel. In the northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, time is running out. On Friday,…
artisanal miners demonstrate in Kolwezi
Around 7,000 artisanal miners demonstrated this Wednesday in Kolwezi, the rich mining town in the Katanga region in the south of the DRC. Miners working within the perimeter of the…
South African Church launches class action for miners against coal giants
This is a first: the Catholic Church in South Africa is organizing a collective action by South African miners in court against the coal giants. The Southern African Bishops’ Conference…
Alfonso Zapico, the voice of Asturian miners
What if drawing was to fight against oblivion? It would seem that our guest Alfonso Zapico is convinced. The forgetting of certain pages of history that have remained too long…
Miners are desperately trying to sell thousands of graphics cards
Miners are trying to sell their graphics cards, which they stack a hundred times. Gamers warn against buying such GPUs. A short 20-second video was posted on reddit: Here you…
In one state, crypto miners are soon to pay high taxes
The US President wants to tax crypto miners and companies more heavily because otherwise they would not generate any benefit for society. The first proposals deal with around 30% taxes.…