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32 dead in Congo mine bridge collapse after gunfire sparks panic
World | Nov 17, 2025, 10:48 AM ISTThe incident highlights ongoing safety problems in Congo’s artisanal mining sector, where poor infrastructure, weak oversight, and unsafe conditions regularly lead to fatal accidents. Recent years have seen multiple deadly collapses in coltan, diamond, and copper mines.
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Centre working on enhancing mines sector output in GDP to 2.5 pc by 2030: Union minister
Business | Sep 09, 2022, 05:50 PM ISTMine sector output: Observing that the states are the ones that would implement on the ground whatever policies and laws are made at the Centre, Coal minister Pralhad Joshi said the conclave has been organised in line with the central government's philosophy of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vishwaas'.
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Jharkhand: 6 buried alive as roof of mine collapses
India | Jan 22, 2021, 12:20 PM ISTAt least six people were buried alive in Jharkhand's Koderma district when the roof of a mica mine caved in, a senior police officer said on Friday.
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Know how this Tanzania man became overnight millionaire
Trending | Jun 25, 2020, 09:58 PM ISTTaking about what he plans to do with this huge amount, Laizer said that he wants to open a shopping mall and a school for his community.
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Nine labourers killed as mine collapses in Pakistan
World | Feb 22, 2020, 11:30 PM ISTAt least nine labourers were killed and eight others injured when a marble mine collapsed due to landsliding in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, Official of Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Informed.
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Coal ministry to set up management unit to speed up mine operationalisation
India | Nov 17, 2019, 11:31 AM ISTThe coal ministry will hire a consultant to set up the project management unit, the ministry said in a notice while inviting bids from eligible entities.
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Meghalaya mine collapse: Operation continues to rescue miners
India | Jan 08, 2019, 02:05 PM ISTChief Minister Conrad K Sangma, who was overseeing the entire operation, was also not alerted about the matter as it was "too sensitive", according to the official sources.
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Meghalaya miners should be taken out 'dead or alive', says Supreme Court as it slams state govt
India | Jan 03, 2019, 01:21 PM ISTA survivor of the accident had said on Saturday that there was no way the trapped miners would come out alive.
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Meghalaya mine collapse: Rescue operation hits dead end as Navy, NDRF divers fail to reach pit's bottom
India | Dec 31, 2018, 07:31 AM ISTAccording to Navy officials, the depth of water from the surface till the bottom of the pit was expected to be over 150 feet.
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Rescuers from pvt firm reach Meghalaya mine site; IAF, Coal India teams to reach today
India | Dec 28, 2018, 06:47 AM ISTSuperintendent of Police Sylvester Mongtynger said two teams from Kirloskar Brothers Ltd arrived on Thursday to help in rescuing the miners trapped in the 370-foot-deep illegal mine.
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Central panel seeks report on ArcelorMittal mine leases from Jharkhand
May 18, 2014, 05:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: A central panel has asked Jharkhand to clarify soon whether the existing and proposed mining leases of ArcelorMittal for its planned Rs.50,000-crore plant in the state fell under a conservation reserve or not.The
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Modi running 'I, Me, Mine' poll campaign: Chidambaram
National | Feb 18, 2014, 04:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: “I, Me, Mine” is the running theme of Narendra Modi's election campaign in which he was pushing an agenda based on “majoritarianism”, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today.“The unstated premise of his approach
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SC questions lack of regulatory measure to curb illegal mining
India | Sep 24, 2013, 07:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: Taking note of Goa's plea of “zero tolerance” against illegal mining, the Supreme Court today asked the state government as to why there was no regulatory mechanism in place to check illegal iron
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86,000 kids working in mines in Madagascar: ILO
World | Jul 20, 2013, 12:02 PM ISTAntananarivo (Madagascar), July 20: As many as 86,000 children are working in mines in Madagascar, an International Labour Organisation (ILO) official has revealed, adding some of them work to help parents in sapphires or gold
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Sail urges Odisha govt to allow its mines to operate
Jul 09, 2013, 10:30 AM ISTBhubaneswar, Jul 9: Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) yesterday requested Odisha government not to shut down its mines, operating under deemed extension provision, in the event of non-payment of stamp duty.The request was made
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Five killed in Tanzania mine collapse
World | Jul 08, 2013, 07:23 AM ISTDodoma, July 8: At least five people were killed and one was seriously injured when a tanzanite mine collapsed in northern Tanzania, police said Sunday.The mine accident occurred Saturday night in Manyara region's Mireran area,
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Equipment worth crores of rupees lying abandoned in Odisha mine
India | Jul 03, 2013, 12:16 PM ISTBhubaneswar, July 3: Heavy equipment worth crores of rupees is lying abandoned in an underground mine of Coal India Limited (CIL) in Odisha that was permanently shut down last week over safety concerns, an official
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200 miners stuck in West Bengal mines rescued
India | Jul 31, 2012, 08:58 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 31: Two hundred miners trapped in West Bengal coal mines have been evacuated, while efforts are going on to rescue 65 others stuck in Jharkhand mines.265 miners were trapped in various coal