Two workers dead at Newmont’s Cerro Negro mine in Argentina
Newmont confirmed on Wednesday that two members of its workforce died this week at the Cerro Negro mine located in the Santa Cruz region of Argentina.
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Illegal mine collapse buries gold workers in the Venezuelan Amazon
The collapse of an illegal mine in a remote region of the Venezuelan Amazon buried gold workers, leaving many injured and feared dead.
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Plane carrying Rio Tinto workers crashes in Canada’s Northwest
Six people were killed after a small plane carrying global miner Rio Tinto’s workers crashed near Fort Smith in Canada’s remote Northwest Territories (NWT) on Tuesday, the NWT Coroner Service said on Wednesday.
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Plane carrying Rio Tinto workers crashes in Canada’s Northwest, six dead
A small plane carrying Rio Tinto (ASX, LON: RIO) workers crashed near Fort Smith in Canada’s remote Northwest Territories on Tuesday during a flight to its Diavik diamond mine, killing six people on board.
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Workers at Antofagasta copper mine approve contract offer, averting strike
Mining News Pro - Workers at Antofagasta’s Centinela copper mine in Chile have voted overwhelmingly to approve a new labor contract, their union announced on Thursday, averting a possible strike.
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Panama union workers block highways over First Quantum Minerals copper mine contract
Mining News Pro - Panama’s construction workers’ union blocked highways and marched on congress on Monday to demand that lawmakers reject a contract with Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
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Albemarle seals early agreement with workers union in Chile
Mining News Pro - Albemarle, one of the world’s top lithium producers, said on Tuesday it reached an early collective bargaining agreement with a union that represents 386 of its workers in Chile.
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South32 to halt some Appin mine operations amid workers strike
Mining News Pro - Australia’s South32 will make some parts of the Appin Mine, which is part of its Illawarra Metallurgical Coal, non-operational during a week-long strike by underground mining supervisors, the company said on Friday.
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Hundreds of workers evacuated from WA mine site after fire
Mining News Pro - Hundreds of workers have been evacuated from a mine site in Western Australia after its power station burnt down.
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Escondida mine workers announce strike amid labor demands
Mining News Pro - Union members will stop operations in all their shifts during the strike but will provide minimum services, Sindicato 1, which represents more than 2,000 workers, said in a statement.
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Workers at Chile’s Escondida copper mine threaten to strike
Mining News Pro - Workers at BHP’s sprawling Escondida copper mine in northern Chile threatened on Wednesday to go on strike over what they described as safety concerns, the mine’s union said.
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South32 in talks with Appin coal mine workers over pay
Mining News Pro - South32 Ltd said on Wednesday it was in pay-related negotiations with its Appin coal mine workers following their threat to stage a partial strike for a week.
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South32 in talks with Appin coal mine workers over pay
Mining News Pro - South32 Ltd said on Wednesday it was in pay-related negotiations with its Appin coal mine workers following their threat to stage a partial strike for a week.
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Baffinland to terminate 1,100 workers at Mary River iron ore mine
Mining News Pro - Baffinland Iron Mines has sent termination notices to over 1,100 workers at Mary River iron ore mine, in Canada’s Nunavut territory, as the company’s request to increase production to 6 million tonnes through to the end of the year and an expansion application have yet to be answered.
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Newmont hands $70 million to Peñasquito mine workers
Mining News Pro - Newmont, the world’s No. 1 gold miner, has reached a profit-sharing agreement with the workforce at its Peñasquito gold-silver mine in Mexico.
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Codelco reaches agreement with workers to end strike
Mining News Pro - Chile’s state-owned Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, reached an agreement with workers on Thursday to end a nationwide strike over the closure of a troubled smelter in a highly polluted region of central Chile.
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German union calls on steel workers to hold further warning strikes
Mining News Pro - German union IG Metall called on Saturday for steel workers to hold further warning strikes after employers failed to meet its wage increase demands in the third round of talks.
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German union calls on steel workers to hold further warning strikes
Mining News Pro - German union IG Metall called on Saturday for steel workers to hold further warning strikes after employers failed to meet its wage increase demands in the third round of talks.
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Gol Gohar senior managers visited the production line workers
Mining News Pro - In the first days of new year, senior managers of GolGohar Mining Company visited the production line workers.
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Explosion at Colombian coal mine kills nine workers, traps six
Mining News Pro - Nine miners have died and six remain trapped following an explosion at the La Mestiza coal mine in Colombia’s northeastern El Zulia municipality.
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Workers at Baffinland ask Canada to approve mine expansion
Mining News Pro - Unionized workers at Baffinland Iron Mines’ Mary River iron ore operation on the northern tip of Baffin Island, in Canada’s territory of Nunavut, are urging the federal government to approve the company’s request for a shipping limit expansion.
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Trevali’s missing workers failed to reach Perkoa mine’s refuge chamber during floods
Mining News Pro - Trevali Mining said the eight missing miners, for whom rescuers have been searching since the company’s Perkoa mine in Burkina Faso was hit by flash floods last month, have failed to reach the mine’s refuge chamber situated more than 500 metres below the surface.
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No trace of missing workers from Trevali’s flood-hit mine, three weeks later
Mining News Pro - Trevali Mining has said that it is yet to locate or communicate with the eight underground miners who went missing on April 16 at its Perkoa zinc mine in Burkina Faso after flooding caused by heavy rainfall disrupted operations, the company said.
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Blast at India’s Tata Steel coke plant injures three contract workers
Mining News Pro - India’s Tata Steel said three contract workers had been injured in a blast at one of its coke plant units in the eastern state of Jharkhand on Saturday.
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Burkina Faso investigates mine flood as search for eight workers drags on
Mining News Pro - Burkina Faso’s government has launched a judicial investigation into a flood at a zinc mine that left eight workers trapped, with rescue efforts entering a third week, it said.
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