Mining

A group of villagers has risen against the establishment of mines to extract gold, silver and copper in Artvin after a court gave the green light to a mining company by controversially approving the mandatory environmental impact assessment (ÇED) report for the project.

An initial expert report on the Soma mine disaster questions the rescue operation carried out after hundreds of workers remained trapped in the galleries after the fire started to spread inside the mine An initial expert report on the Soma mine disaster obtained by daily Hürriyet has questioned the rescue operation carried out after hundreds of workers remained trapped in the galleries

Absurd: TENT Working with Half Power, Because of Un-drained Mines Germans Offering Millions, Serbia Reluctant

Because of flooded mines in Kolubara basin, Thermal Power Plant Nikola Tesla (TENT) becomes only the half of coal it needs.

Two Chileans who experienced the widely reported mine accident in Copiapo four years ago have blamed the Turkish authorities for not adopting the necessary safety measures at the Soma mine, where 301 workers were killed in a mining disaster on May 13.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antic has met with officials of the Rio Tinto company, who briefed him on the progress in jadarite deposit explorations, Rio Tinto's most significant project in Serbia.

Romania’s lower chamber, the Chamber of Deputies, on Tuesday overhelmingly rejected a mining law that would have enabled Canada’s Gabriel Resources to start a controversial gold mining project in central Transylvania.

Last September, the centre-left government of Victor Ponta sent a bill to parliament to approve the project to dig for gold in Rosia Montana.

One worker was trapped under wreckage when a coal mine collapsed in the southeastern province of Şırnak earlier on June 3.

The mine collapsed due to an unknown reason at around 12:30 p.m.

A search and rescue team has been sent to the scene.

EU integration, co-operation expected to improve mining industry

Seven miners who were supposed to be receiving professional training during the Soma disaster were among the 301 perished workers, a company document has unveiled. 

The document said the miners were at a work safety and health class, raising questions as to whether these courses had ever taken place or if they were only on paper.

The state-run Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKİ) is the body primarily responsible for the May 13 Soma mine disaster, which took 301 lives, according to the head of the Aegean region’s mining companies’ association.