1+ hour, 9+ min ago  (411+ words) TERRIFIED residents have been forced to evacuate after fears an old coal mine has started to collapse beneath them. Dozens of families in the former mining village of Clackmannanshire, Wales, say ground movement has caused huge cracks to appear in…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (313+ words) AT LEAST nine workers have been killed in a blast at a coal mine in Colombia " just weeks after inspectors raised safety concerns. Another six miners were rescued from the shafts after emergency services rushed to the scene in Sutatausa,…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (293+ words) A TOXIC gas leak has killed nearly 40 miners in Nigeria, with at least 26 others hospitalised after breathing in noxious chemicals in the shaft. It's understood the miners had no idea they were breathing in deadly fumes until they started to…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (450+ words) AT LEAST 18 workers have been killed after a powerful explosion ripped through a coal mine in India. Dozens of labourers were trapped underground as the blast erupted with several people still feared missing as recovery operations continue. The deadly explosion…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (686+ words) The events of 5 November 2015 are still Brazil's worst environmental disaster TEN years after a wave of toxic sludge killed 19 people, a mining giant has now been found liable for the massive dam collapse disaster. The new ruling, handed down by…...