Goa govt to issue notices to errant mine owners

Last Updated: Friday, September 14, 2012, 13:20

The Goa govt has now decided to initiate a process of recovering money from the mine owners, who were found to have extracted the iron ore outside their valid mining leases.

S Africa: 41,200 miners on strike

Last Updated: Monday, September 10, 2012, 20:46

Labour unrest spread in South Africa on Monday with a wildcat strike by 15,000 gold miners stopping work.

Celebrations begin as S African miners set free

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 09:31

State prosecutor Nigel Carpenter confirmed the murder and attempted murder charges against all 270 miners arrested were dropped.

South African miners charged with murder of 34 colleauges

Last Updated: Friday, August 31, 2012, 00:36

270 miners arrested after the shootings at Marikana mine were on Thursday charged with murder of 34 colleagues.

Mine accident in China, eight killed

Last Updated: Saturday, August 4, 2012, 12:19

At least eight miners trapped in a flooded coal mine in north China`s Shanxi province were found dead on Saturday.

Jharkhand: Trapped BCCL miners rescued

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 23:10

At least 22 miners of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) in Jharkhand have been rescued, an official said.

200 miners stuck in West Bengal mines rescued

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 21:33

Two hundred miners trapped in West Bengal coal mines have been evacuated, while efforts are going on to rescue 65 others stuck in Jharkhand mines.

Hope runs out for Meghalaya`s trapped `rat-hole` miners

Last Updated: Friday, July 13, 2012, 15:34

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team Friday called off the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped in a flooded coal pit in Meghalaya since July 6.

Hope fades for Meghalaya`s trapped `rat-hole` miners

Last Updated: Friday, July 13, 2012, 14:28

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team Friday called off the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped in a flooded coal pit in Meghalaya since July 6, an official said.

15 miners trapped, rescue operation launched

Last Updated: Thursday, July 12, 2012, 13:48

At least 15 miners are trapped in a private coal pit in remote South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya since Friday and a rescue operation has been launched by National Disaster and Rescue Force on Thursday.