Rescuers at a giant U.S.-owned mine in eastern Indonesia have freed four out of 37 workers who were believed trapped underground Tuesday when a tunnel collapsed, the company said. The accident occurred when 40 employees and contract workers were gathered …
State media report that a large-scale landslide has trapped dozens of workers in a gold mining area in China’s Tibetan region. China Central Television said Friday that the landslide occurred in the morning in the Maizhokunggar county of Lhasa, the …
Three miners trapped by smoke underground in a Tennessee zinc mine have been rescued after a fire started on a drill rig. Tim Wilder, of the Jefferson County EMA, said the three were helped out of the mine by a …