Posts Tagged ‘ miners ’

Gold miners suspected of having cyanide poisoning 

December 16, 2011
Gold miners suspected of having cyanide poisoning 

A file photo of gold miners in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Nam. Twenty-two gold miners in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam were hospitalize Wednesday with symptoms allegedly caused by cyanide poisoning. The workers, all from Phuong Minh Co. Ltd in Phuoc Son District, were admitted to Da Nang Hospital in the city [...]

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Chile marks emotional mine accident anniversary 

August 6, 2011
Chile marks emotional mine accident anniversary 

Chilean ex-miners carry a portable platform with a religious image during a ceremony in Copiapo, 700 kms north of Santiago, to commemorate the first anniversary of the mining accident which left 33 miners buried in the shafts for 68 days Miners who were trapped underground for over two months led Chile Friday in marking the [...]

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Gold miners end up in nameless tombs away from home 

January 10, 2011
Gold miners end up in nameless tombs away from home 

  People prospecting for gold from a river in Quang Nam Province   Many nameless tombs in the central region’s Quang Nam Province are the only markers for gold miners who died prospecting far away from their homes.   Sau, a local xe om driver, said the gold miners had died without their families around, so he and residents of [...]

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Deadly explosion kills 42 in NE China colliery

November 21, 2009
Deadly explosion kills 42 in NE China colliery

A gas explosion in a coal mine in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province has killed 42 miners and left 66 missing, said Zhang Jinguang, a spokesman with the rescue headquarters. Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang (1st R) visits an injured miner at a hospital in Hegang City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, on Nov. 21, 2009. The [...]

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Gold miners loot fossil wood treasure

September 5, 2009
Gold miners loot fossil wood treasure

A piece of fossil wood on display at Dong Xanh Park in Pleiky City Fossil wood several hundred million years old have been destroyed almost totally in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. “All the forests above the ground have been devastated. Now people continue to destroy the forests underground!” laments geologist Prof. Trinh [...]

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Vietnam’s rivers call for help

August 28, 2009
Vietnam’s rivers call for help

Exploitation of sand has become a problem on all the Vietnam’s largest rivers. The local press reports that unregulated exploitation of sand demands national solutions. Dredging sand on the Red River. Major rivers in the northern region: The Red River flows from southwestern China through northern Vietnam to the Gulf of Tonkin. The Red River begins in China’s Yunnan [...]

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Ignoring safety rules costs miners their lives

August 27, 2009
Ignoring safety rules costs miners their lives

LookAtVietnam – Coal miners in Quang Ninh province are being injured or killed in accidents because they fail to abide by safety procedures in their drive for higher wages. In every mine there was a deputy director in charge of safety and there were safety wardens at lower levels.Ten people have died in the past [...]

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Black lung: miners’ fate

July 14, 2009
Black lung: miners’ fate

Rescuers enter the Khe Cham Coal Mine in Quang Ninh Province hoping to rescue the victims of an accidental methane explosion. The 12 liters of water doctors ran through Tran Van Son’s lungs came out black as tar. “I saw the black filth they took out of my lungs,” said the worker from Thong Nhat [...]

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All that is gold does not glitter

June 23, 2009
All that is gold does not glitter

Authorities in Quang Nam Province’s Phu Ninh District inspect a wastewater pool at the Bong Mieu Gold Mine. Central Vietnam’s water supplies are polluted and running dry thanks to environmental havoc caused by man’s insatiable appetite for a shiny yellow metal. The Vu Gia and Thu Bon rivers originate in the Truong Son mountain range [...]

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Asian coal producers eye Chinese demand outlook

May 31, 2009
Asian coal producers eye Chinese demand outlook

China’s appetite for coal imports, which has helped prop up Asian coal prices at above US$60 a ton for much of this year, has been a rare bright spot in a region where demand has been pulverized by the economic downturn. Some analysts say China’s voracious appetite for overseas coal is likely to continue, and [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...