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China coal mine blast: Anger over safety violations after disaster
Koh Ewe and Stephen McDonell, China correspondent Anger is growing over alleged safety violations in the wake of China's worst mining disaster in more than 15 years. At least 82 people were killed and more than 120 injured after an explosion on…
Are systemic safety failures to blame for China's deadly mine blast?
A gas explosion that killed at least 82 people in central China – the country's worst mining disaster in more than a decade – was the result of systemic safety failures across multiple parts of the production chain, according to…
Three Steps to Stopping China's Deadly Mine Disasters
China's worst mining disaster in decades feels like an echo of a past it has long sought to forget. The blast, which has killed at least 82 people at a pit in Liushenyu in the Shanxi coal belt, is the worst since 2009. It's a reminder of the grim…
SSR Mining Is Selling Its Interest in the Copler Mine for $1.5 Billion. Is This a Positive Sign for the Mining Stock?
Precious metals were on an absolute tear coming into 2026. In January, gold prices reached $5,500 an ounce, while silver hit $121 per ounce. Precious metals prices are soaring amid rising geopolitical uncertainty and growing fiscal deficits…
China rescuers search for missing after mine blast kills 82
The blast at the Liushenyu shaft in Shanxi province on Friday was the country's worst mining disaster in nearly two decades, with 247 workers underground at the time, authorities said. AFP journalists saw relatives anxiously waiting by a checkpoint…
Landslide at Angola illegal gold mine kills 28
At least 28 people were killed when a landslide struck an illegal gold mining site in Angola's northwestern Bengo province, local authorities said, in one of the country's deadliest illegal mining accidents. Four people were rescued from the site…
Mining millionaires throw a CGT long lunch
At all gatherings of capital in the near future, it seems that one thing, and one thing only, is going to dominate discussion: Jim Chalmers and his capital gains tax proposals. So it was in Perth on Sunday at the “exclusive” Leeuwin…
China Coking Coal Prices Surge After Deadly Shanxi Mine Blast
The price of coking coal in China jumped by 8% after a deadly mine accident in Shanxi province that prompted safety checks that will affect production over the near term. The most actively traded coking coal contract on the Dalian Commodity…
Shanxi coal mine explosion footage released; safety inspections conducted across coal mining regions in China
Rescuers work on the site following a gas explosion at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, North China's Shanxi Province, on May 23, 2026. Photo: VCG State broadcaster CCTV News released footage on Monday capturing the moment of a gas…
China Mine Explosion Sees Coking Coal Jump by Daily Limit
China coking coal jumped by the daily limit after a deadly mine blast in Shanxi province sparked fears of broader supply disruptions from heightened safety inspections across the sector. Dalian coking coal futures surged as much as 8% at the open…
Anger erupts as Chinese coal mine's 'illegal violations' kill 82 workers
Downloading PDF. Please wait... Issue International China's state capitalist economy is not concerned with workplace safety, prioritising profit above all else Downloading PDF. Please wait... Anger is growing after the worst coal mining disaster in…
Dy. CM asks Singareni to bag new mines in other States
Deputy Chief Minister M. Bhatti Vikramarka has told the management of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd to achieve allotment of new coal blocks in other States and produce quality coal to sustain in the competitive coal market. In a meeting with…
Auric golden gift keeps giving with 32% resource spike at WA mine
Auric Mining has delivered a major upgrade to its flagship Munda gold deposit near Widgiemooltha, 82 kilometres south of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The revised resource has climbed 32 per cent to 4.20 million tonnes, grading 1.43 grams per…
UK sailors ready for mine clearing | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
ABOARD THE RFA LYME BAY -- Aboard the RFA Lyme Bay docked off the coast of Gibraltar, hundreds of British sailors are waiting to be deployed for a mine-clearing mission to the Strait of Hormuz that is still in doubt. U.S. President Donald Trump has…
China: 82 workers dead in catastrophic mine explosion
At least 82 mine workers have been killed in a gas explosion in a coal mine in the central Chinese province of Shanxi last Friday afternoon. The blast at the Liushenyu Coal Mine about 500 km southwest of Beijing is the deadliest coal mine disaster…
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