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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....

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...

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...

Northern City's Coal Mine

I would like to remind you about several stories on flood at my city, Samarinda.. I mentioned that the floods caused by open coal mining near town.. And several days ago, i took some pictures on it..

74 miners dead; 96 missing in China coal mine explosion

The death toll has risen to 74 from the explosion.The men who were trapped inside contaced many of their loved ones by mobile phone. Out of the 426 miners working in the mine, at least 74 miners are dead, 96...

Massive diamond found in Lesotho

It could turn out to be bigger than the Crown Jewels !"Miners in Lesotho have discovered a huge gem stone which may become the largest ever polished diamond. The stone weighs 478 carats and is the 20th largest...

US warship reaches Georgian port

"A US warship has arrived in the Georgian port of Batumi carrying the first delivery of aid supplies by sea. Russian forces are still in control of the military port of Poti, to the north of Batumi, after Moscow withdrew most of its combat troops from the country. French...

Georgia Official: Train on Fire After Hitting Mine

I think that this will raise oil prices in Asia in few hours. Rising oil prices will benefit Russia, which's economics have shown some weakening signals.  "A train carrying oil products hit a landmine on Sunday, causing at least two tanker cars to burst into flames and...

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