Category Mine Alert

1,000 pigs dead ‘due to gas mining pollution’ in Chinchilla, Australia

The death of up to 1000 pigs has been blamed on pollution associated with controversial gas mining, in a submission to a Senate inquiry into regulation of the coal seam gas industry.   The claims, backed by graphic photographs, were…

Coal mine blast in Russia kills 5 rescuers, no survivors among 26 miners trapped underground

Another explosion has rocked a coal mine in Vorkuta, Russia, killing five people and injuring one , according to the emergency services. The blast occurred during efforts to rescue workers trapped when same mine collapsed earlier this week.   Five…

‘Catastrophe’: At least 15 killed, 45 missing, town leveled by flood in Brazil dam collapse

Photo By Emergência Fire 193 Over a dozen people have reportedly been killed and at least 45 more are missing after a dam burst in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Social media images show grave devastation, as rescue…

Coal mine explosion kills at least 10; 40 missing after landslide in China

At least 10 people have been killed and 40 others missing in two separate accidents at coal mines in China, state media reported today.   Ten people were killed in a gas outburst at a coal mine in southwest China’s…

Landslide kills 6 at a coal mine in Semirara Island in Antique, Philippines

Six miners had been confirmed dead  after a landslide hit a coal mine in Semirara Island in Antique.   Roderick Train of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) said on Saturday (July 18) that the latest body…