Water flooded a rat-hole mine in the Dima Hasao district of Assam, earlier this month, trapping several miners inside. The abandoned coal mine was illegally operated without safety protocols. Attempts ...

He said one major immediate danger of illegal mining was land degradation as illegal miners dig indiscriminately, creating ...

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Market analyst Michael Oliver predicts a precious metals boom, led by silver and gold miners, as the stock market falters.

Tragic coal mine accident in Assam prompts crackdown on illegal mining operations, activists demand action from government.

Colonel Sinothi Ndaba of the Benoni SAPS and deputy district commissioner Brigadier Lebohang Machakela at Operation Shanela on the Great North Road this morning (January 23), where the brigadier ...

Assam rat hole mine tragedy: 4 bodies recovered since Tuesday, 5 miners still trapped. Indian Army via AP Three more bodies were found on Saturday (January 11) in the flooded rat-hole mine in Assam’s ...

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Rat-hole mining is a process of digging where a ... In one of the biggest disasters, in 2019, at least 15 miners were buried while working in an illegal mine in Meghalaya after it was flooded ...

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6,000 abandoned or closed mines to search for leftover deposits. According ...

The notorious hotspot for illegal mining activity on Golden Drive is reportedly quiet following the launch of Operation Vala Mgodi (Close the Holes) on January 27. According to SAPS Ekurhuleni ...

Rat-hole mining is a manual extraction method involving ... In one of the biggest disasters, in 2019, at least 15 miners were buried while working in an illegal mine in the neighbouring state ...