The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) on Thursday released the 2019 safety data of its company members, who reported 287 occupational fatalities, a marked increase from the 50 fatalities recorded in 2018 and 51 fatalities recorded in 20…
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An employee of a contractor at the Kamoa-Kakula copper project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), passed away last week, after a fat embolism syndrome caused severe brain damage, Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines has reported.
The fat embolism syndrome …
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An independent report commissioned by the Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy has warned that the mining industry in the state was stuck in a ‘fatality cycle’, which would continue unless significant changes were made to how th…
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Dual-listed Great Panther has reported its second fatality in less than ten days, with news out on Monday that a worker had died at the Coricancha mine complex, in Peru.
The employee lost his life in an accident at the processing plant during the late…
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Five months before an ambush killed 39 colleagues, local workers at a Canadian-owned gold mine in Burkina Faso pleaded with managers to fly them to the site rather than go by a road that was prone to attacks, two people present at the meeting said. The…
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Canadian gold miner Semafo will not resume operations at its Boungou mine in Burkina Faso until security in the area is assured following last week’s deadly ambush on a road to the site, the company said on Monday. At least 39 people were killed in the…
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Canadian gold miner Semafo will not resume operations at its Boungou mine in Burkina Faso until security in the area is assured following last week’s deadly ambush on a road to the site, the company said on Monday. At least 39 people were killed in the…
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A contract worker has died in a rock fall at the San Ignacio underground mine, in Mexico, precious metals miner Great Panther reported on Friday.
Operations at the area of the accident have been suspended to allow for an investigation. The rest of the…
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The deaths of three workers in an accident at Norilsk Nickel’s mine in Siberia were caused by a lack of oxygen, TASS news agency cited the company as saying on Wednesday.
The three workers were killed on Tuesday at the Taimyr underground mine, one of …
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Canadian gold company Argonaut Gold said over the weekend that two people working for its mining contractor at the La Colorada mine, in Sonara, Mexico, had died.
The individuals were fatality injured on Friday in a high-voltage accident while performi…
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