About 36 miners have died in the mineral-rich south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo after an accident at a copper mine, rescuers have said. According to the Governor of Lualaba province the accident occurred at an open pit mine. The area is known to be unstable and the miners were working illegally without proper […]
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Licensed sand burrow pits owners in Edo State, have protested the closure of their sites by the State Government. The sand miners in a protest letter addressed to the South-South Zonal office of the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development in Benin-City, appealed for the intervention and assistance of the Federal Government on the […]
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The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed that 10 miners were killed by armed bandits in Birnin Gawri Local Government Area. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Austin Iwar, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Sunday. NAN reports that the 10 local miners were working […]
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