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miners
One Man Freed and Another Trapped After Mine Collapse in Victoria
Emergency crews were working to free the second miner, as dozens of other workers took refuge in a safety pod.
The Tyranny of the Company Store
Mary Hunt takes us on a walk through some meaningful history.
Trapped Miners’ Tragedy: Zimbabwe Mining a Perilous Venture
Madimutse was the first of the 8 survivors to be rescued from the Battlefields mine shafts disaster in Zimbabwe with 24 bodies so far retrieved.
No Union Mines Left in Kentucky, Where Labor Wars Once Raged
Kentucky coal miners bled and died to unionize.
AngloGold Miners Back to Work
After weeks of stop-and-go production punctuated by labor strikes, the third largest gold producer in the world, South African company AngloGold Ashanti, announced that its workers would return to the mines for the night shift Sunday, Nov. 4.
S. African Gold Mine Firing 12,000
South African mine operator AngloGold Ashanti, the world’s third-largest producer of gold, said it started firing some 12,000 striking workers.
