Over 500 local people urged President U Win Myint on Monday to stop the operations of Banchaung coal mine in Dawei township, Tanintharyi
Coming back to the Mountain State, Buzzard signed up for a coding class through a new nonprofit foundation Mined Minds. After weeks of study, he is now working in an office in a small town near Charleston, West Virginia, building an app for a project in Seattle. Those coal-mine days are now a memory
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - The Latest on the missing miners in Poland (all times local):. 10:55 a.m.. A Polish mining official says rescuers have reached another miner trapped after an earthquake hit a coal mine in southern Poland, but four remain missing. The head of the Jastrzebie Coal Company, Daniel Ozon, said
In Pakistan, a methane gas build-up inside a Marwar coal mine led to an explosion that killed 16 people and trapped dozens more. Rescuers were able to save 11 injured miners during an overnight rescue operation. Landslides occurred shortly after the explosion - though officials aren't sure the events
QUETTA: Bodies of the 22 deceased coal miners who lost their lives in two separate coal mining accidents on Saturday, were returned home to Shangla on Sunday night. The bodies were
The two rescued miners were taken to a hospital in the city of Jastrzebie-Zdroj. They were in "relatively good condition" and could walk unaided, Ozon told reporters on Saturday. About 250 people were working in the mine at the time of the quake, JSW said. The missing miners were from a team of 11 that
The two rescued miners were taken to a hospital in the city of Jastrzebie-Zdroj. They were in "relatively good condition" and could walk unaided, Ozon told reporters on Saturday. About 250 people were working in the mine at the time of the quake, JSW said. The missing miners were from a team of 11 that
Polish rescue workers on Sunday found the body of 38-year-old coal miner, the first fatality after an earthquake hit a coal mine in southern Poland. Three other miners have been missing some 900 meters (2,950 feet) below ground since Saturday morning at the mine in the town of Jastrzebie-Zdroj, close to
There is a dark side to the face of coal mining in Pakistan, in the form of the thousands of workers who risk their lives working in highly toxic and hazardous conditions. Behind this exemplary development is the sacrifice of the health, and lives of miners who continue to work in illegal conditions. Reported
WARSAW, Poland - Rescuers have located a third miner out of seven who went missing after an earthquake struck a coal mine Saturday in southern Poland, a mining official said. Two were rescued earlier with non-life threatening injuries. Daniel Ozon, head of the Jastrzebie Coal Company, said they can
WARSAW, Poland - Two missing coal miners were found hurt but conscious after a tremor struck a mine Saturday in southern Poland, and rescue crews were still trying to reach five other missing miners, a Polish mining company said. The rescue operation was launched at 11:25 a.m. Saturday after a
WARSAW, Poland - A spokeswoman for a coal mining company says seven miners are missing after a tremor occurred at a mine in southern Poland. Katarzyna Jablonska-Bajer says Saturday that a rescue operation was launched at 11:25 a.m. after a tremor occurred at the Zofiowka mine run by the
A Polish mining official says rescuers have reached another miner trapped after an earthquake hit a coal mine in southern Poland, but four remain missing. The head of the Jastrzebie Coal Company, Daniel Ozon, said Sunday the latest miner found at the Zofiowka coal mine was being taken to an
The head of a mining company in southern Poland says rescuers can see another miner who went missing after a quake struck a coal mine, but four others are still to be located. Daniel Ozon, head of the Jastrzebie Coal Company, said a total of over 200 rescuers and support teams are working through
Two coal mines today collapsed in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, killing at least 18 people and injuring six others, officials said. A mine in Marwar area near provincial capital Quetta collapsed due to gas explosion and about two dozen miners were trapped inside. Deputy Commissioner
(Adds JSW CEO, prime minister). By Marcin Goettig. WARSAW, May 5 (Reuters) - Rescuers were battling on Saturday to reach five coal miners who were trapped nearly one kilometre underground in southern Poland after an earthquake. The 3.4 magnitude quake hit the Borynia-Zofiowka-Jastrzebie mine
"The battle to secure justice for sick miners in South Africa is not over. We are working with Richard Spoor Attorneys to demand compensation from coal mines on behalf of former mineworkers who contracted deadly lung diseases in the coal mines," SACBC Justice and Peace Commission chairperson
JOHANNESBURG - Following the landmark agreement between lawyers representing miners and over 30 gold mining companies in the silicosis class action law suite, a group of catholic bishops say they'll now forge ahead with the fight for the compensation of coal miners. Bishop Abel Gabuza says
Gabuza said coal mining companies "should consider (an) out-of-court settlement and compensation levels that are sufficient to restore dignity to former workers". The SACBC intends to set up a mechanism in remote rural areas in the Free State and Eastern Cape to ensure that thousands of sick miners
An exhibition documenting the grime, friendships and tragedies of life in North East pits has opened. King Coal features paintings by artist and ex-miner Bob Olley and photographs taken at collieries in South Tyneside. Recorded interviews with miners over the decades also feature, as well as a video recreation of a garden