Mine Collapse

• At least 113 killed after jade mine collapses in northern Myanmar

  The miners were collecting stones in the jade-rich Hpakant area of Kachin state when a "muddy wave" caused by heavy rain buried them.

  World

  Jul 2, 2020
  
• Stop work order partially lifted at Cape Breton’s Donkin coal mine

  Production was shut down Feb. 13 after a rockfall in an area of the mine that saw another roof collapse two weeks earlier.

  Environment

  Mar 9, 2020
  
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• Nova Scotia’s Donkin mine allowed limited production increase after roof collapse

  Kameron Coal's operations in Cape Breton were suspended for just under a month by the province in late December.

  Canada

  May 15, 2019
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• Rescuers find 8 survivors 5 days after a gypsum mine collapsed in China

  Chinese state media say rescuers have found eight surviving miners who have been trapped for five days by a collapse at a gypsum mine in eastern China.

  World

  Dec 30, 2015
• Mine collapse in China traps 18 workers; 11 rescued

  Chinese rescuers pulled 11 workers to safety and located another 18 who were trapped after a mine collapsed in the eastern province of Shandong, state media said Saturday.

  Money

  Dec 26, 2015