Mining

Russian Mine Blast Kills 38

All the miners in a Russian coal mine when methane gas exploded Thursday morning have been accounted for, with 38 dead and seven injured.

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May 24, 2007

Safety Systems Disabled Before Lethal Coal Mine Blast

A system designed to prevent miners working in unsafe conditions was knowingly switched off before a gas blast at a Russian colliery that killed more than 100 miners last month, the Reuters news agency reported quoting official statement by the state safety watchdog.

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April 17, 2007

Work at 12 Russian Mines Stopped After Blast Killed Dozens

Russia’s state safety watchdog Rostekhnadzor has partially halted work at 12 Russian mines after safety checks following a mine blast that killed 108 people, the Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday quoting Rostekhnadzor head.

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March 27, 2007

British Citizen Among Victims of Russian Coal Mine Blast

A British citizen was among dozens of people killed in a gas explosion at a remote Siberian coal mine, Telegraph.co.uk reported March 20. Total number of victims of the deadly blast is currently 106 people, at least a dozen have not been found yet.

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March 21, 2007

97 Dead, 13 Missing in Siberian Coal Mine Blast

Death toll in Russian Siberian coal mine explosion reached 97 on Tuesday morning and rescuers desperately toiled to save 13 miners still trapped in the mine, the Reuters news agency reports.

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March 20, 2007

Blast Rips Through Siberian Coal Mine

According to Russian emergency officials an explosion occurred in a Siberian coal mine on Monday, no casualties have been reported yet.

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March 19, 2007

Russia to Sign Energy and Metals Deals in Africa

Russia hopes for a package of energy and metals deals with African states, a ministry statement said on Friday, March 16, as a government delegation left for South Africa, Angola and Namibia. Some Russian firms however deny having any such plans.

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Peter Hambro’s Gold Mining Licenses in Russia Remain in Force

Shares in Peter Hambro Mining bounced back by more than 12 percent in late Thursday trading, after Russian government officials indicated that the gold producer’s main mining licenses were not under threat.

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December 15, 2006

Russia Hires Greenpeace Lawyer to Prepare Case Against Shell’s Sakhalin Project

The British lawyer who represented Greenpeace in the battle with Shell over the disposal of the Brent Spar oil platform has been hired by Russia to prepare a case against the Anglo-Dutch oil company over problems at its development project on Sakhalin Island in the country’s Far East.

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Peter Hambro Says Russia Finds No Major Breach in Initial Project Checks

Peter Hambro Mining said Russian authorities did not find any material ecological breach in its mining projects during their initial inspections, AFX News reported Wednesday.

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December 14, 2006