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Poland’s Miners Protest Coal Imports, Seen as Threat to Jobs
February 20, 2020
Miners in southern Poland worried that massive coal imports will eliminate their jobs on Tuesday blocked railway tracks on the import route. A few hundred miners with trade union flags in the southern coal mining region town of Slawkow also
Rights Group Says Criminals Terrorizing Miners in Venezuela
February 20, 2020
Criminal groups that run gold mines in the south of Venezuela have mutilated miners accused of stealing, extorted business owners and forced young children to work without security equipment as they tighten their grip on a region that is rich
Fatality at Centerra Gold’s Kumtor Mine, Kyrgyz Republic
February 19, 2020
Centerra Gold said that on February 15, 2020, a fatality occurred at the Kumtor Mine located in the Kyrgyz Republic. A Kumtor employee succumbed to a fatal injury while operating an excavator, which tipped and then slipped down into a
Strata Worldwide’s HazardAvert® Making Strides in Australia
February 19, 2020
Strata Worldwide has accomplished the first ever application of proximity detection on underground shuttle cars in an Australian coal mine. As a proactive safety measure, one of the world’s leading mining companies has been undergoing extensive research on Strata’s HazardAvert®
Cyclone Damien Disrupts Operations at Sandfire Resources’ DeGrussa, Australia
February 18, 2020
Sandfire Resources has felt the wrath of Tropical Cyclone Damien after heavy rainfall associated with the storm flooded a section of the DeGrussa copper-gold open pit mine in Western Australia. The company temporarily suspended operations at the DeGrussa mine after
Australia to Fund Study Into New Coal-Fired Power Station
February 18, 2020
The Australian government will give financial backing to a study into a new coal-fired power plant in Queensland that it said would lower power prices and improve grid reliability, drawing criticism from environmentalists who say it’s not doing enough to
Cambodia Approves Two New Coal-Fired Power Projects
February 18, 2020
The Cambodian government on February 7 approved the construction of two coal-fired power plants with a combined capacity of 965 megawatts, according to spokesperson of the government Phay Siphan. The approval was made during a weekly cabinet meeting chaired by
South African Miners Keen to Start Generating Their Own Power
February 18, 2020
Red tape has cost miners tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue over the past year, as power blackouts have dented their output at a time when they could have been generating their own power. South African miner Gold
International Council on Mining and Metals Strengthens Membership Requirements
February 17, 2020
The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) requires companies to disclose their operations performance on a yearly basis to secure a membership. Member companies are required to disclose activities in validating that their operation performance is in line with
Harmony Gold to Acquire AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng Mine in $300 Million Deal
February 13, 2020
AngloGold Ashanti announced it has agreed to sell the world’s deepest coal mine to rival company Harmony Gold today. The Mponeng underground mine, in the Gauteng province, was AngloGold’s last site in South Africa and the $300 million deal could
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