At least four people have died and 49 more are missing after a mine collapsed in China’s northern Inner Mongolia region on Wednesday. Chinese leader Xi Jinping ordered a search and rescue... Read more »
This riveting first-hand recollection of a Ballarat miner in 1858 describes a series of local mining accidents – including several miraculous escapes. His story was published in several newspapers, and it demonstrates... Read more »
There are few stories of survival more incredible than that of Todd Russell and Brant Webb. When disaster struck at the Beaconsfield mine in Tasmania ten years ago this month, the pair... Read more »
A dam has collapsed at an iron-ore mine in south-eastern Brazil, covering a vast area in a sea of muddy sludge that has swept over roads and destroyed buildings. Many people are... Read more »