Hundreds of Miners Were Trapped for Months—Until an Extraordinary Two-Man Rescue Mission
The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was ...
Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police's 'smoke them out' tactics
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...
South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
South African police have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where hundreds of illegal miners were trapped ...
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Metal-detecting enthusiasts help locate lost mementos
Losing a valuable item, such as a sentimental piece of jewelry, could be devastating for some but now there’s a group who ...
Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and starving in an abandoned South Africa mine
South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...
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Rescuers bid to bring out survivors among hundreds trapped in South African mine
More than 100 illegal miners are believed to have died of starvation or dehydration in the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine near ...
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At least 100 illegal miners have died while trapped in a South African mine for months, group says
At least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have died of suspected starvation and dehydration after being trapped deep underground for months while police ...
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Bodies found after gas explosion causes coal mine to collapse in southwest Pakistan
This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo) Rescue workers and others ...
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Indian army divers retrieve the body of one of at least 9 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine
The divers will go into the mine again to continue their search operations,” said Kaushik Rai, a local government minister ...
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Corsa Coal Corp. files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Citing millions of dollars in debt, Corsa Coal Corp. and its subsidiaries are filing for Chapter 11 relief through federal ...
At least nine miners are trapped in a coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state
At least nine workers are trapped inside a coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state and authorities have summoned the army to help in the rescue operation.