Tag: miners
South Africa: operation begins to rescue miners stuck in a clandestine mine
A rescue operation began on Monday January 13 to recover illegal miners still underground in an abandoned gold mine in the town of Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg. A court in…
At least 100 illegal miners dead in South Africa
Since last autumn, several thousand illegal miners have been stuck in the abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein in South Africa. Now over 100 people are said to have died in…
Poland: coal industry workers and miners demonstrate in Warsaw
Coal industry workers and miners from across Poland converged on Warsaw on Thursday January 9 to demonstrate against the successive closures of power plants in the Silesian mining region. While…
“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…