12 killed in Polish coal mine fireSeptember 18th, 2009 WARSAW - Twelve miners were killed and some 16 were hospitalised with burns after a fire in the KWK Wujek Slask coal mine in southern Poland, media reports said Friday. Fifteen miners were seriously injured, TVN 24news broadcaster reported.
13 trapped in China gold mine fireSeptember 8th, 2009 ZHENGZHOU - A fire broke out Wednesday morning in a gold mine in central China's Henan province, trapping 13 miners including seven who had gone to rescue them, authorities said. The fire has not been brought under control, according to the city's coal mine industry bureau.
Report: Bus carrying workers for US mining giant Freeport in Indonesia attacked; 5 injuredAugust 16th, 2009 Gunmen fire at bus at US mine in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia — Gunmen fired Sunday at a bus carrying employees of U.S. mining giant Freeport in eastern Indonesia, injuring five, police and a news report said, in the latest in a series of attacks near the world's largest gold mine that have killed three people.
Gunmen fire on bus owned by US miner Freeport in Indonesia's Papua; spokesman says no injuriesAugust 12th, 2009 Gunmen fire on US miner Freeport bus in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia — Gunmen fired on a bus that had just dropped off employees working for U.S. company Freeport at the world's biggest gold mine Wednesday, a company spokesman said.
16 Slovak workers dead, 4 others believed killed by fire, explosion in coal mineAugust 11th, 2009 16 bodies found after coal mine blast in SlovakiaBRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Sixteen bodies have been recovered from a Slovak coal mine following a fire and explosion, and four other people are also believed to have died, authorities said Tuesday. Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek said rescue workers initially found six bodies in the Handlova mine in central Slovakia.
9 Slovak workers dead, 11 others believed killed by fire, explosion in coal mineAugust 11th, 2009 9 bodies found after coal mine blast in SlovakiaBRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Nine bodies have been recovered from a Slovak coal mine following a fire and explosion, and 11 other people are also believed to have died, authorities said Tuesday. Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek said rescue workers initially found six bodies in the Handlova mine in central Slovakia.
6 Slovak workers dead, 14 others believed killed by fire, explosion in coal mineAugust 11th, 2009 6 found dead after coal mine blastBRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Six Slovaks have died and another 14 are believed to have been killed by a fire and explosion in a coal mine. Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek says rescue workers have found six bodies of a total of 20 workers who were trapped underground after a fire and explosion hit the coal mine in central Slovakia on Monday.
7 Slovak workers dead, 13 others believed killed by fire, explosion in coal mineAugust 11th, 2009 7 found dead after coal mine blast in SlovakiaBRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Seven bodies have been recovered from a Slovak coal mine following a fire and explosion, and 13 other people are also believed to have died, authorities said Tuesday. Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek said rescue workers initially found six bodies in the Handlova mine in central Slovakia.
20 Slovak workers missing, 9 injured after fire and gas explosion in coal mineAugust 10th, 2009 20 Slovak workers missing after coal mine blastBRATISLAVA, Slovakia —Twenty workers were trapped underground Monday after a fire and explosion hit a coal mine in central Slovakia, and rescue workers operating in darkness and high temperatures were struggling to reach them, officials said. Handlova mine director Peter Cicmanec said rescue units, engineers and medics were trying to reach colleagues who were trapped as they battled a fire.
19 Slovak workers missing, 9 injured after fire and gas explosion in coal mineAugust 10th, 2009 19 Slovak workers missing after coal mine blastBRATISLAVA, Slovakia —Nineteen workers were trapped underground Monday after a fire and explosion hit a coal mine in central Slovakia, and rescue workers operating in darkness and high temperatures were struggling to reach them, officials said. Handlova mine director Peter Cicmanec said rescue workers and doctors have been sent into the mine to try to reach colleagues who were trapped as they battled a fire.
In latest ambush, gunmen fire on buses carrying workers to Freeport mine in Indonesia, 2 deadJuly 22nd, 2009 New ambush near world's largest gold mine; 2 deadJAKARTA, Indonesia — Gunmen opened fire Wednesday on buses carrying employees of U.S. mining company Freeport in Indonesia's impoverished Papua province, killing two people in the latest attack on the world's largest gold mine, witnesses and the state news agency said.
Indonesian state news agency says convoy of Freeport buses fired on, 2 deadJuly 22nd, 2009 Freeport buses ambushed near Papua mine, 2 deadJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's state news agency says gunmen have fired on a convoy of 12 buses carrying employees of U.S. mining company Freeport in Papua, the latest attack on the world's largest gold mine.
An overview of shootings at Freeport's operations in IndonesiaJuly 15th, 2009 A list of shootings at Freeport's Indonesian mineThe road to Freeport's gold mine in Indonesia's militarized Papua province has been the site of many deadly shootings since it opened four decades ago during the Suharto dictatorship. An overview based on information provided by the police, military and Freeport:
— August 2002: An ambush on a convoy carrying schoolteachers to the Grasberg mining complex kills two Americans and an Indonesian.
6 die, at least 24 trapped after explosion in coal mine in western IndonesiaJune 16th, 2009 6 die, at least 24 trapped in Indonesia mine blastJAKARTA, Indonesia — An explosion ripped through a coal mine in western Indonesia on Tuesday, killing six people and trapping at least 24 others who were feared dead. Dozens of rescuers tried to reach the trapped men in the 300-foot (100-meter) -deep mine, but rock slides and a mix of gas and coal debris forced them to resurface after four hours of digging, police Chief Yasman Esha of West Sumatra province said by phone from the scene.
At least 9 die, 32 trapped after explosion at coal mine in western IndonesiaJune 16th, 2009 At least 9 die, 32 trapped in Indonesia mine blastJAKARTA, Indonesia — An explosion ripped through a coal mine in western Indonesia on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and burying 32 others who were feared dead, officials said. Dozens of rescuers tried to reach the trapped men, but rock slides and a mix of gas and coal debris forced them to resurface after four hours of digging, district police Chief Yasman Esha in West Sumatra province said by phone from the scene.
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