Tunnel specialists bolster Peru mine rescue effort

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 13:33

Tunnel reinforcement specialists arrived Tuesday to reinforce shafts at a copper mine in southern Peru where nine workers have been trapped for four days, providing a boost for frantic relatives.

Rescuers try to reach 9 trapped miners in Peru

Last Updated: Monday, April 9, 2012, 16:40

It may take two or three more days to rescue nine miners trapped in an informal copper mine, Peru`s Prime Minister said.

Peru seeks help to free nine trapped miners

Last Updated: Monday, April 9, 2012, 09:33

Mining is the main engine of Peru`s economy, accounting for more than 60 percent of its exports.

Green clearances: Goa miners in limbo

Last Updated: Monday, November 14, 2011, 13:00

The fate of 45 mines in Goa hangs in balance with the environmental clearances granted to them by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEf) expiring and Centre imposing a moratorium on fresh approvals.

Gas leak kills 20 in latest China mine accident

Last Updated: Thursday, November 10, 2011, 14:04

China`s coal mines are the deadliest in the world, although their safety record has improved in recent years.

China: 4 killed, 50 trapped in a coal mine

Last Updated: Friday, November 4, 2011, 22:21

A total of 75 miners were working in the shaft at the time of the accident.

China: 11 coal miners killed in gas explosion

Last Updated: Sunday, October 16, 2011, 19:04

Eleven miners were killed and two others injured after a gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northwest China.

Trapped Chilean miners discussed cannibalism

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 12:09

The 33 Chilean miners who spent more than two months trapped 700 meters underground discussed the possibility of cannibalism in the first days of their ordeal, one of them said.

Indonesian forces fire on striking miners; 1 dead

Last Updated: Monday, October 10, 2011, 10:55

Workers at the Grasberg mine in easternmost Papua province kicked off a strike on September 15.

Trapped Chinese miners unlikely to survive: Report

Last Updated: Friday, September 2, 2011, 16:13

China`s coal mines have been hit by a series of accidents in recent years as demand for energy has spiked.

Chile miners sue government for 69-day ordeal

Last Updated: Saturday, July 16, 2011, 09:15

Some 31 miners who endured 69 days trapped underground when a northern Chile mine collapsed are suing the government for negligence saying there was lack of security, one of them said.