- 1. Six missing at Tibet mine
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- China's Zijin Mining said one of its mines in Tibet has halted operations after an accident left six subcontractor employees missing, reported Reuters. Contact with the workers was lost when a lif ...
- Created on 16 May 2023
- 2. Today’s Top Tech Trends
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- ... the mining industry. Mine managers need to keep track of valuable assets and personnel in remote – sometimes, dangerous – areas. They need to ensure that those assets are being optimally utilised, and ...
- Created on 10 May 2023
- 3. Contractor dies at BHP’s Olympic Dam mine
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- A worker for Exact Mining Services, a contracting partner to BHP, died as a result of an incident on a surface access road at BHP’s Olympic Dam mine in South Australia on 25 April. Emergency services ...
- Created on 02 May 2023
- 4. PREVENTING ACCIDENTS AROUND CONVEYORS
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- ... Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Fatalgram from 1999 in the United States recounts an event that caused a fatality at a mine when a worker entered an unguarded area alone, near an operating ...
- Created on 12 December 2022
- 5. HIGH-TECH SAFETY
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- ... safety. GeoMoby’s technology allows operators to visualise their complex mine site operations, detect emergency situations and act immediately. Utilising technology to visualise their workforce, operators ...
- Created on 12 December 2022
- 6. Methane blast at Kazakhstan mine kills five
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- A methane explosion at an ArcelorMittal coal mine in Kazakhstan on November 3 has left five dead and four others hospitalised, reported Al Jazeera. Ruslan Imankulov, a spokesman for the country’s ...
- Created on 07 November 2022
- 7. COAL MARKET REPORT
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- ... to US$169/t. Decrease in quotations on the Chinese market slowed down, following the growth of accidents at underground mines. Prices were also supported by the resumption of operations at several chemical ...
- Created on 27 September 2022
- 8. Mountainside collapse at Chinese mine leaves 10 dead
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- Ten people were killed and seven injured on 23 July after the collapse of a section of a mountain at a coal mine in the northwestern province of Gansu, China, reported news agency AFP. The accident ...
- Created on 02 August 2022
- 9. MINING TECHNOLOGY
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- ... revealed a new basin and provided explorers with new insights into the potential for discovering new mineral and energy resources. “Data from 50-kilometre spaced AusArray deployments also allowed ...
- Created on 28 June 2022
- 10. China mine deaths dropping, production nearing record: NMSA
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- Mining regulators in China are citing a promotion of mine and miner safety across the country for reduction in accidents and fatalities last year, all as coal output continues to rise. National ...
- Created on 17 March 2022
- 11. Death toll rises after landslide at Myanmar mine
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- At least three people have been killed and an estimated 50 remain missing after a landslide at a jade mine in the remote Hpakant area of Kachin state, Myanmar on 22 December. Many were swept into a ...
- Created on 24 December 2021
- 12. Reassessing Safety
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- One of the positive outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic is that mining operations all over the world have had to reassess safety. In addressing conditions around the mine to prevent the spread of the virus, ...
- Created on 17 December 2021
- 13. FMG suspends Solomon Hub ops after fatality
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- An investigation has commenced at Fortescue’s Solmon Hub iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region following a “significant incident,” which has since been discovered to be a ground fall. Photo: ...
- Created on 01 October 2021
- 14. News and trends in China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Mongolia.
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- ... inflation fears and the authorities in Beijing continue to try to jawbone and manage prices lower. South Flank has been built to replace the depleting Yandi mine – and together with the existing Mining ...
- Created on 28 June 2021
- 15. Ten arrested in fatal China accident cover-up
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- Officials for a mine in central China have been arrested after reportedly admitting to a cover-up of a mine accident on 26 May that killed four workers. The incident, the details of which were not ...
- Created on 10 June 2021
- 16. Tomorrow’s Technology
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- ... by autonomous vehicles. The Australian Mining Experience The mining sector in Australia has been progressive in its adoption of autonomous vehicles, namely in self-driving mine haul trucks. For example, ...
- Created on 15 April 2021
- 17. Rescuers continue search for missing Chinese coal miners
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- ... the flooding event at the Xinjang operation in Hutubi County in western China. The crew was working on upgrades underground at the time – about 6:10 p.m. local time on 10 April. Eight miners from the ...
- Created on 15 April 2021
- 18. Explosives storage, use blamed for deadly China blast
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- Investigators of an explosion of a gold mine in eastern China in February that killed 10 workers are citing the improper use and storage of explosives as the cause of the incident. There were 70 tonnes ...
- Created on 03 March 2021
- 19. Six killed in fire at China gold mine
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- A fire at a gold mine in eastern China’s Shandong province that trapped 10 workers has reportedly taken six lives. The incident occurred at the Caojiawa operation in Zhaoyuan. Authorities told ...
- Created on 25 February 2021
- 20. Coal miners trapped after landslides in Indonesia
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- Ten miners remain trapped in central Indonesia’s Kalimantan province after landslides occurred outside an underground site the night of Sunday, 24 January through the afternoon Monday, 25 January. Another ...
- Created on 28 January 2021