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Over 60 miners dead in Congo shaft collapse: officials

At least 60 miners were killed when a shaft collapsed in a remote part of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where local armed groups complicated rescue efforts, officials said on Thursday.

 

Chileans Work to Ensure Miners Survive Weeks After a Collapse

Chileans Work to Ensure Miners Survive Weeks After a Collapse

It was a remarkable tale of survival from the depths of a collapsed Chilean mine: After more than two weeks of failed rescue efforts, a video camera threaded deep underground captured the first images of 33 miners, all alive and apparently in good health. Officials said it could take as long as four months to dig a new tunnel wide enough to lift the miners to the surface.

 

'Miracle' in China: 115 trapped miners rescued

More than 100 Chinese miners were pulled out alive Monday after being trapped for over a week in a flooded coal mine, where some ...

 

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