The collapse of an 11-story coal mining plant in Martin County left two workers trapped under the rubble as crews worked to free them Wednesday. One of the workers has since been confirmed dead. But ...
In 1966, a spoil-heap landslide crushed Pantglas Primary School in the coal-mining village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil, ...
A list of some recent fatal mine disasters around the world: — 2013: 83 workers are buried by a massive landslide at a gold mining site in a mountainous area of Tibet, east of Lhasa, according to ...
Chile’s state-owned copper company halted operations at its El Teniente mine after an earthquake. By Francesca Regalado and Jonathan Wolfe The miners were trapped underground at a gold and copper mine ...
An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country's history as others ...
Half a century after the Kianga mine explosion killed 13 workers in central Queensland, a community gathers to remember the tragedy as survivors and experts raise fresh concerns about ongoing safety ...
WELLINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Twenty-nine miners remain trapped in a remote New Zealand coal mine, a day after an explosion ripped through the colliery. [ID:nSGE6AI0KL] Mining disasters account for ...
—1942: China’s northeast is the site of the world’s deadliest coal mine disaster when an accident kills 1,549 miners in Japanese-occupied Manchuria during World War II. —1906: A dust explosion in a ...
PLYMOUTH – As most people get ready to celebrate Valentine’s Day, a local man feels another observance should be noted today. Stephen Kondrad, 55, who grew up in Plymouth, moved out of the ...