Activists Block Oil Sands Mine In Alberta
Greenpeace activists have shut down a 155,000 barrel a day operation in Shell's Albian Sands mine just north of Fort McMurray, which is located in northern Alberta, Canada. The 25 activists from Canada, the U.S....
created by Annina Bergman | 13 wks ago | updated 13 wks ago
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35 dead 44 missing in mine blast: China
Blast in mines and related deaths are not new in China.In latest incident of Mines blast in coal mine blast in Henan province killed at-least 35 miners. State media says that at the time of blast 93 miners were...
Mine clearing machines acquired Five machines, Bosena type
Each inches must be controlled and demined for that the government of srilanka has purchased special machines from slovakia to remove landmines laid in the past war time, with the intention of further...
11 dead in coal mine blast:China
Mines in china comes in news only for wrong reasons, this time it is death of 11 miners in Shanxi due to gas explosion. More than 3200 people died inmines related accidents last year."At least 11 people have died in a gas explosion at a mine in the northern Chinese Shanxi,... Coal Mine Explosion Traps 19 In Slovakia
14 miners are missing and presumed dead after an underground coal mine exploded in northern Slovakia. The miners had been putting out a fire in the Handlova mine when it exploded, said the mine owner. The explosion occured in an unused section of the mine, and is thought to...
created by Annina Bergman | 18 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago
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Zimbabwe army 'runs diamond mine'
" Lobby group Human Rights Watch has accused Zimbabwe's army of using forced labour, including children, to mine diamonds in the east of the country. Local villagers who do not co-operate with the military are...
18 killed in China mine explosion
This is my fourth or fifth story, may be more, on chines mine blast death in last few months.Latest report from central chinese mines says that atleast 18 people died in a mine blast.This tragic incident happened at a mine in Chexou city in Hunan province.Last year 3200...
16 trapped in NE China colliery flooding
In yet another incident of mine related accident 16 people are fighting with death in flooded mine in north east province of China.How safe are Chinese mines for the workers? Do they follow the standard safety...
Cave Dwelling Family Can't Refinance, Selling Home on eBay
UPDATE MARCH 8th: I'm happy to report that things are looking up for the Sleeper family - it looks like they'll be getting private financing to keep their family "cave", after all. Here's an...
Japanese waste treatment plant recovers gold from sewage
A sewage treatment facility in Central Japan is recovering more gold per year from processed sewage than some of the country’s biggest mines can yield. The plant has reported recovering almost 2 kg of gold per...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 45 wks ago | updated 40 wks ago
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2981 views | 21 recommendations | 5 comments
