A haul truck driver has died at the Gold Bar mine in Nevada, owner McEwen Mining reported on Monday.
The driver was a contractor employee. The individual was fatally injured when the haul truck overturned while operating at the site.
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Two workers died in an accident at Glencore’s Zambian operation Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) on Tuesday, prompting it to suspend production pending investigations, the company said. "All operations at the South Ore Body (shaft) have been suspended unt…
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Following the recent deadly tailings dam disaster in Brazil, global mining companies have committed to develop an international standard for tailings facilities.
The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), which represents 27 of the world’s…
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Diversified miner Rio Tinto has launched a review of the global standards of its tailings dams following the failure of a Vale tailings dam in Brazil, which killed about 300 people.
“I would like to acknowledge the recent tragedy at Minas Gerais in Br…
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A blast at a Czech coal shaft killed 13 people, making it the country’s deadliest mining disaster in almost three decades.
The workers at the CSM mine in the east of the country, 12 of them from neighboring Poland, died after methane exploded about 88…
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