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, 2007Mining
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, 2007Work 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- Posted in: Russia, Disaster & Accident, Explosion, Mining
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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, 200797 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, 2007Blast 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, 2007Russia 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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- Posted in: Russia, Gazprom, Africa, Business & Finance, Angola, Lukoil, Rosneft, Industrial, Mining, Diamonds, South Africa, Namibia, Alrosa, RusAl
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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- Posted in: Russia, Gold, Mining, Oleg Mitvol, Peter Hambro
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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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- Posted in: Russia, Environment, Sakhalin, Shell, Oleg Mitvol, Peter Hambro
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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- Posted in: Russia, Environment, Mining, Oleg Mitvol, Peter Hambro
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