Rat-hole mining is banned by the Supreme Court. But its practice persists under the noses of government officials and ...

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On the morning of January 6, when Babul Chandra Das from Tezpur, saw the news on TV, about an accident in a rat-hole mine near Umrangso in the Dima Hasao district of Assam, he became anxious.

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Dibrugarh: Tinsukia district authorities sealed 12 unauthorised rat-hole mines in the Patkai hills region on Tuesday, marking the beginning of a comprehensive cleanup drive in the Margherita-Ledo ...

Running at a staggering depth of 3,891 metres down and 2,062 metres below sea level, a colossal mine in Africa is the deepest and richest gold mine in the world. Mponeng gold mine began producing ...

At least 87 miners died in the monthslong standoff between police and the miners who were trapped while working illegally in the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, police said last week.

geologists uncovered massive gold reserves surpassing 1,000 tonnes at the Wangu gold mine in Pingjiang county, Hunan province, which was estimated to be worth about 600 billion yuan (US$82 billion).

Guwahati: A seven-day deadline was issued to all stakeholders, including the mining department, Coal India, forest department and district administration, for closure of existing rat-hole mines in ...

President John Dramani Mahama has ordered investigations into the shooting incident between some illegal miners and soldiers at the AngloGold Ashanti gold mine that claimed eight lives. The ...

The history of Rekodiq has been marred by political turmoil, and judicial overreach, but as things are put in motion, as work progresses, the mine may start producing copper and gold by 2028 ...

The drive is in connection with the flooding of a 90-metre-deep rat-hole coal mine on January 6, trapping nine miners. The bodies of four miners were retrieved by January 10 but five others remain ...