Mining disasters

Methane Explosion in Serbian Soko Mine Kills Eight Miners

Part of the pit at the Soko coal mine collapsed and caused a methane explosion, leaving eight miners dead and at least 18 injured on Friday.

Sasa Spasic, director of the Public Enterprise for Underground Coal Exploitation Resavica, announced the names of the dead, while the number of injured miners is not yet definite.

More than 50 reported dead in Siberia coal mine accident

More than 50 people were reported to have died on Nov. 25 after smoke filled a Siberian coal mine and a rescue effort ended in tragedy.

Senior managers at the mine in Russia's Kemerovo region had been detained for suspected safety violations, after the latest deadly accident to hit the country's vast mining industry.

14 Miners were Killed in a Gas Explosion in China

Fourteen miners were killed in a coal mine in China.

Two people are still blocked underground.

This is another serious incident in China's mining industry, suffering from poor working conditions and circumventing safety measures.

Seven workers were found alive after a blast in a mine in Guizhou province, southwest of Anshun.

Bodies of miners trapped in Turkey's Zonguldak retrieved after more than 30 hours

Search and rescue teams early on June 1 retrieved the bodies of two workers from a collapsed coal mine in the Black Sea province of Zonguldak after more than 30 hours, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

The collapse occurred in a mine run by a private firm in Zonguldak's Kilimli district at 8:30 p.m. on May 30. 

Two workers trapped after coal mine collapse in Turkey's Zonguldak

Two workers are trapped after a coal mine collapsed in the Black Sea province of Zonguldak on May 30, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The collapse occurred in a mine run by a private firm in Zonguldak's Kilimli district at 8:30 p.m. on May 30. 

Tayfun Keskin, 34, and Volkan Köroğlu, 32, were trapped after the mine's roof collapsed 600 meters away from the mine's entrance. 

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