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South African diamond mining company says 5 trapped miners presumed dead and files for liquidation
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Five miners who were trapped last week after a mudslide flooded a shaft remain unaccounted for and are "now presumed deceased," the owners of the diamond mining company in South Africa said Wednesday, announcing that it had filed for liquidation and shut the mine.
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Local management had dealings with armed group before kidnapping at Canadian mining company, say ex-workers
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The on-site management of a Canadian mining company in Mexico whose workers were killed earlier this year had allegedly established some level of co-ordination with an organized armed group in the region, according to a former employee and two ex-contractors.
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At least 37 killed in Nigeria mine carbon monoxide poisoning: Reports
The pursuit of mineral wealth in Africa remains dangerous, as recent mining disasters in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo highlight the ongoing risks faced by miners in both legal and unregulated operations.
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Ten silver miners from Canadian company found dead in Mexican mass grave, officials confirm
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Ten silver miners working for a Canadian company have been found dead in a Mexican mass grave, local officials have confirmed.
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5 missing workers from Canadian mining company found dead in Mexico
Mexican authorities said Monday that five of the 10 missing workers from a mine operated by a Canadian company in the northwestern state of Sinaloa have been identified among 10 bodies found in clandestine graves last week in a nearby community.
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Mexico finds ten bodies in Vizsla Silver abduction investigation
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Mexican officials have located ten bodies during their investigation into the abduction that took place in January at the site operated by Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver in Sinaloa, the northern state of Mexico.
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Canadian mining company's employees found deceased in Mexico
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Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Three employees of a Canadian silver mining company were found deceased in a mass grave after being abducted from a project site in late January.
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Canadian mining company workers in Mexico have been found dead, company says
MEXICO CITY -- A Canadian mining company said Monday that the families of some of the 10 employees missing since last month in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa have told company officials that their relatives have been found dead.
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Japan retrieves rare earth-rich mud from seabed to lower reliance on China
TOKYO -- Japan said Monday it has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the seabed near a remote island, as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on China.
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At least 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern Congo, rebel authorities say
GOMA, Congo -- At least 200 people were killed earlier this week when a landslide collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, rebel authorities said Saturday.
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At least 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern Congo, rebel authorities say
GOMA, Congo (AP) -- At least 200 people were killed earlier this week when a landslide collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, rebel authorities said Saturday.
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Liberia's largest gold miner repeatedly spilled dangerous chemicals, records show
JIKANDOR, Liberia -- For generations, families in Jikandor village fished and drank from the river that runs through Liberia 's dense rain forest.
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Takeaways from AP report on toxic spills from gold mining in Liberia
JIKANDOR, Liberia (AP) -- An investigation by The Associated Press and The Gecko Project has found that the largest gold mining company in Liberia repeatedly spilled toxic chemicals such as cyanide in levels that environmental authorities in the West African nation said were above legal limits.
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Saudi Arabia says it has $2.5 trillion in mineral reserves. That could make it a key player in the race for rare earths | CNN
Minerals are back in the news, with President Donald Trump announcing on Wednesday that he'd reached an agreement on a possible deal on Greenland that would include rights to rare earth minerals.
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Energy Fuels to Buy Australian Miner in Bid for Rare Earths
The takeover is expected to be implemented in late June this year, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals, and will combine Energy Fuels' rare earth oxide production with ASM's metals plant capacity.
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Sandvik bringing battery-swap mining rigs to Eldorado Gold mine
Canadian mining firm Eldorado Gold is taking a big step towards decarbonizing its operations with a fresh order for ten fully electric equipment assets from the experts at Sandvik set to be deployed later this year.
