Nickel miners could pay less to mine in Western Australia amid royalty relief crisis talks
Changes to the amount of money miners pay to dig up precious metals in Western Australia have been floated at government crisis talks as the nickel…
Eleven miners trapped after collapse of Zimbabwe mine | News
Mine accidents are not uncommon in Zimbabwe where disused mines often attract young unemployed men. Eleven subsistence mine workers are trapped in an underground shaft…
How rat miners rescued workers from Indian tunnel after 17 days | Construction News
EXPLAINERAfter machines broke down, rat miners successfully rescued 41 workers trapped in India’s Uttarakhand tunnel. Forty-one construction workers. Seventeen days. A nation’s hopes. On Tuesday,…
Rescuers break through to trapped Indian miners
Rescuers in India have broken through a massive mound of debris blocking the entrance to a tunnel and have started freeing 41 trapped miners. Source…
South African ‘hostage’ miners emerge from underground amid union dispute | Labour Rights News
One union alleges the mineworkers were ‘held hostage’ while another contends they were staging a ‘sit-in’ protest. More than 100 miners who had been underground…
Gemfields sapphire miners raise concerns over proposed limit to mining claim tenures in Queensland
Amber Betteridge and her husband Matt have "given up everything" to become full-time sapphire miners. Key points:The Queensland government has proposed a limit of 15 years…
Gold and mercury, not books, for Venezuela’s child miners | Child Rights
At 10 years old, Martin cannot read, but he is an old hand at detecting traces of the gold he and his young cousins dig…
S Africa probes deaths of 31 Lesotho miners in May explosion | Mining News
South African authorities say dangerously high levels of methane prevented search teams from entering the mine earlier. At least 31 people are believed to have…
Brazil: Illegal gold miners fatally shot in Indigenous territory | Environment News
Government says four killed in exchange of gunfire after miners ambushed police, environmental agents on Yanomami lands. Illegal gold miners ambushed Brazilian police and environmental…
CAR authorities accuse rebels of killing nine Chinese miners | News
The government has blamed an alliance of rebel groups formed in December 2020 to overthrow President Touadéra, for the killings. A leading rebel group was…
Ukraine’s coal miners dig deep to power a nation at war | Russia-Ukraine war News
Deep underground in southeastern Ukraine, miners work around the clock extracting coal to power the country’s war effort and provide civilians with light and heat.…
Gold prospector finds 2.6kg nugget worth $240k between Bendigo, Ballarat, St Arnaud
A regional Victorian gold prospector is celebrating a big payday after uncovering a 2.6-kilogram specimen of quartz and gold while prospecting in "the Golden Triangle" between…
Brazil launches raids to oust illegal miners from Indigenous land | Indigenous Rights News
Yanomami Indigenous leaders in Brazil’s Amazon blame illegal gold miners for a health crisis and surge in violence. Brazil has launched raids against illegal gold…