Emergency teams supplied oxygen and liquids to nine workers trapped in an illegal gold and copper mine in southern Peru on Saturday. Rescuers worked to free them from the mine, which collapsed on Thursday.
South African mining company Impala Platinum, the world's number-two producer, said it fired 13,000 workers after they staged an illegal strike for better pay on Monday. That brings the number sacked by the company in the past month to 17,200.
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala on Sunday declared a 60-day state of emergency in a northern region that has been paralysed for nearly two weeks by violent protests against a mining project, leaving dozens injured.
Tunisia's new government races to meet the people’s expectations for change for the better. In the mining region of Gafsa, anger over recruitment methods spills over into violence. Meanwhile, in Morocco, the online press pushes the boundaries of freedom of expression. Finally, legends of Algerian football search for answers as to why so many have fathered children with disabilities. Some are convinced they were given dangerous drugs at training camps.
All publicity isn’t good publicity. We take a look at the relationship between big business and NGOs. Just like governments, companies are coming under tough scrutiny by charities and rights groups. How should executives deal with the unwanted attention? We focus on one example from India, where an NGO faced off with a global mining giant.
They descend into the hellish conditions of a volcano, inhale toxic fumes, and carry their bodyweight in sulphur ore - all for $3 a day. This is the plight of the miners of Kawa Ijen in Java, who toil at one of the last mines in the world to employ such methods. Our report takes you into the choking atmosphere of a working day unthinkable for most of us.
A gas explosion at a coal mine in the central Chinese province of Hunan has killed 29 workers, state news agency Xinhua reported Sunday. China’s mines are the deadliest in the world, with over 2,000 deaths caused by mining accidents in 2010.
Their story gripped the world.
Trapped at the bottom of a mine for 69 days, the “Atacama 33” went though a living hell.
Their incredible rescue was watched live by over a billion people on television.
One year on, now the media frenzy has subsided, what has happened to them?
Is the nightmare really over? What are their lives like today?
A year to the day after the high-profile rescue of 33 miners who were trapped in a 700m-deep mine shaft under northern Chile’s Atacama desert, some are still struggling to come to terms with their long underground experience.
Peru scrapped a silver mine project in the country’s southern highlands after clashes between police and mostly indigenous protesters opposing the project left six people dead and injured at least 30 on Friday.
