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  • July 2008

    • Starving Russian Bears Menace Miners

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 26, 08 11:32 AM CDT

      Starving Russian Bears Menace Miners

      (Newser) - A pack of starving bears has surrounded a platinum mine in Russia's remote Kamchatka peninsula, the Los Angeles Times reports. Two guards have been eaten, and terrified miners are refusing to work. The government has sent a team of snipers to kill the ravenous bears, thought to be starving because of widespread salmon poaching. More »

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      Russia  • animal  • miners  • animal attack  • bear

  • June 2008

    • 24 Trapped Ukraine Miners Rescued; 12 Still Missing

      AFP  |  Jun 10, 08 5:52 AM CDT

      24 Trapped Ukraine Miners Rescued; 12 Still Missing

      (Newser) - Rescuers have saved 24 Ukrainian miners trapped underground after a large explosion over the weekend. One miner was found dead, AFP reports. Efforts continued to rescue the remaining 12 workers as flood waters rose. Most of the survivors were found some 3,000 feet underground, their faces covered with soot and suffering from burns and other injuries. More »

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      disaster  • rescue  • Ukraine  • miners  • explosion  • coal mine

    • 37 Miners Trapped After Ukraine Explosion

      Associated Press  |  Jun 8, 08 8:31 AM CDT

      37 Miners Trapped After Ukraine Explosion

      (Newser) - A massive explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine trapped at least 37 miners and injured four others above ground, the AP reports. Several buildings were flattened. The mine had been ruled too dangerous to use, and the miners had been working to improve conditions. It was the biggest blast in Ukrainian coal-mining history. Rescuers were racing to the scene. More »

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      Ukraine  • miners  • explosion  • coal mine

  • March 2008

    • 65 Feared Dead in Tanzania Mine

      Reuters  |  Mar 30, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      65 Feared Dead in Tanzania Mine

      (Newser) - Rescuers now fear that 65 miners trapped in a northern Tanzanian mine shaft have drowned, reports Reuters, with six bodies recovered and 59 workers missing. Volunteers raced to the remote gemstone mine near Mount Kilimanjaro yesterday when flash floods swept through the area, but the torrential weather also brought down electricity poles, crippling rescue efforts. In the eight affected pits, 35 people were found alive. More »

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      Africa  • missing person  • miners  • Tanzania  • drowning

  • October 2007

    • Stocks Dip on Bad Oil News

      Bloomberg  |  Oct 8, 07 3:40 PM CDT

      Stocks Dip on Bad Oil News

      (Newser) - Stocks fell today as oil producers and miners faced fears a slow economy would hamper demand. Crude dropped as low as $78.98 as Columbus Day brought the slowest trading session of the year; the Dow closed at 14,043.73, down 22.28. Exxon and Occidental both saw declines, and copper led tin, lead, aluminum, and nickel into negative territory, Bloomberg reports. More »

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      Dow Jones  • S&P 500  • Nasdaq  • crude oil  • miners  • Exxon  • Alcoa  • quarterly reports

    • Rescuers Start Hauling Up Trapped Miners

      Reuters  |  Oct 3, 07 11:21 PM CDT

      Rescuers Start Hauling Up Trapped Miners

      (Newser) - Rescuers have begun evacuating 3,200 gold miners trapped more than a mile underground in a South African gold mine. By early today, 450 had been pulled to safety, Reuters said. No injuries have been reported. Union leaders accused the mine owner of negligence and said the accident was caused in part by a breakneck work schedule that left little time for safety checks. More »

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      South Africa  • miners  • mine

  • September 2007

    • Utah Mine Search Suspended

      CNN  |  Sep 1, 07 3:48 AM CDT

      Utah Mine Search Suspended

      (Newser) - "We've exhausted the options that we know about." That's how mine experts put it to an attorney for the trapped Utah miners' families yesterday, CNN reports.  A camera lowered through a borehole into the collapsed mine at the Candall Canyon site yesterday failed to produce useful information when it got stuck in the mud as it searched debris on the mine floor. More »

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      miners  • mine  • Crandall Canyon  • camera

  • August 2007

    • Mine Operation Continues With 7th Hole and Camera

      Salt Lake Tribune  |  Aug 27, 07 5:17 AM CDT

      Mine Operation Continues With 7th Hole and Camera

      (Newser) - Reversing an earlier decision, recovery efforts will continue at the Utah mine where six miners were trapped three weeks ago. A seventh hole will be drilled into the mine, and a camera will be dropped into a previously bored hole to search for signs of life. Family members requested that the new hole be drilled to the kitchen area, where the men were supposed to congregate in an emergency. More »

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      Utah  • miners  • coal mine  • Crandall Canyon  • mine collapse

    • 6th Hole Shows No Signs of Life

      Associated Press  |  Aug 25, 07 9:45 PM CDT

      6th Hole Shows No Signs of Life

      (Newser) - The last hole drilled into the collapsed Utah mine where six men are trapped yielded no hopeful sign today; the space it reached was too small to support the men, a lawyer for some of the families told the press. "The only thing they told us is there is no void where the sixth hole is; there is no space," he told the AP after a meeting with mine officials. More »

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      disaster  • Utah  • miners  • collapse  • mine  • Crandall Canyon  • mine collapse

    • Rescue Workers Will Bore One Last Hole

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 23, 07 3:55 AM CDT

      Rescue Workers Will Bore One Last Hole

      (Newser) - Workers will bore a final hole in a bid to locate six miners lost in a Utah mine, but if that fails, the operation will be halted and the mine closed as a kind of memorial tomb, the owner said yesterday. "We're not going to risk more live people to get dead bodies," said Bob Murray. Three rescue workers died in a collapse last week. More »

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      Utah  • rescue  • miners  • mine  • Crandall Canyon  • mine collapse  • Bob Murray

    • Families, Critics Question Safety of Utah Mine

      Associated Press  |  Aug 21, 07 9:03 PM CDT

      Families, Critics Question Safety of Utah Mine

      (Newser) - A friend of a missing miner insulted the mining company CEO at a funeral yesterday as critics around the country pointed fingers. They say a safety organization has gone too easy on Bob Murray, letting him engage in dangerous “retreat mining” even though his mines are prone to “bumps,” or sudden earth shake-ups. Defenders say Murray has improved safety. More »

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      Utah  • safety  • miners  • mine  • mine collapse  • Bob Murray  • Crandall Canyon Mine

    • Mine Owner: They're Probably Dead

      Salt Lake Tribune  |  Aug 21, 07 7:05 AM CDT

      Mine Owner: They're Probably Dead

      (Newser) - The trapped Utah miners are most likely dead, and their bodies may never be recovered, mine owner Robert Murray acknowledged to bereaved family members last night. Following the death of three rescuers—and a report from mining experts concluding that further attempts would be an unacceptable risk—underground rescue efforts have been suspended indefinitely. More »

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      rescue  • miners  • mine  • Crandall Canyon  • mine collapse  • Bob Murray

    • Families Lash Owners for Abandoning Trapped Miners

      Associated Press  |  Aug 19, 07 11:10 PM CDT

      Families Lash Owners for Abandoning Trapped Miners

      (Newser) - Angry relatives of six men missing for two weeks in a Utah mine collapse have accused owners and federal officials of quitting on the rescue effort and leaving the miners for dead. Officials conceded yesterday that the miners may never be found in the mountain, still quivering from seismic activity, AP reports.   More »

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      Utah  • miners  • coal mine  • Crandall Canyon Mine  • Murray Energy Corp

    • Floods Trap 180 Chinese Miners

      AFP  |  Aug 18, 07 9:34 AM CDT

      Floods Trap 180 Chinese Miners

      (Newser) - Flash flooding complicated efforts in eastern China today to rescue 180 miners trapped underground, and officials warned the men had little chance of survival. Pummeled by hours of downpour, an overwhelmed river breached its levee and gushed rushing waters into the Shandong coal mine, where 756 people had been working. Most were able to escape, leaving 172 trapped. More »

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      China  • flood  • flooding  • rescue  • miners  • coal mine

    • Mine Rescue Effort Called Off

      Salt Lake Tribune  |  Aug 17, 07 8:00 AM CDT

      Mine Rescue Effort Called Off

      (Newser) - The search for the six men trapped in a collapsed Utah mine for the last 12 days has been halted indefinitely after a seismic "bump" at 6:39 PM yesterday caused a second cave-in, killing three rescuers, injuring six, and highlighting that the Crandall Canyon mine remains fraught with danger. More »