Thirteen artisanal miners, including women and three children, were killed in southwest Mali on Wednesday after a tunnel in which they were digging for gold flooded, the national union of gold ...

Nearly three weeks after a collapse inside the main access tunnel of a mine in Chile trapped 33 miners inside, all are reportedly alive, and recently began receiving emergency supplies through a ...

KACHIN STATE, Myanmar - Recovery work has been halted after 32 dead were discovered at the site of a jade mine collapse in Kachin State's Hpakant Township, according to locals. When the firm and ...

Seven artisanal miners tragically lost their lives in Zimbabwe after a disused gold shaft collapsed over the weekend, underscoring the dangers of illegal mining activities in the country. The incident ...

Seven artisanal miners were killed when a mine shaft collapsed at Botha Mine, Bindura, on Saturday, 18 January. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has released the names of five of the seven deceased, ...

Police in Zimbabwe said Monday that seven artisanal miners were killed in a disused gold shaft when it collapsed at the weekend. Few details were given on the circumstances of the collapse on ...

YANGON, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the collapse of a jade mine in Kachin state of northern Myanmar has reached 32 as of Jan. 15, an official from the local administration office told ...

YANGON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- A total of 22 bodies have been recovered as of Tuesday from the collapse of a jade mine in northern Myanmar's Kachin state, a police official told Xinhua on Wednesday.

It is not easy to carry away the mud in the low areas,” said one of the rescuers. At around 1 a.m. on January 13, 57 houses were submerged in mud when a former jade mine collapsed at the former Yadana ...

Recovery efforts have been suspended after 32 bodies were retrieved from the site of a jade mine collapse in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township, according to locals. “The recovery operation has been ...