9 gold mine workers are missing in Turkey after a landslide that carries environmental risks
10 months, 1 week ago

9 gold mine workers are missing in Turkey after a landslide that carries environmental risks

Associated Press  

ISTANBUL — A huge landslide hit a gold mine in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, trapping at least nine workers underground, officials said. Nine workers had not been heard from since the landslide struck and “it is thought that they are buried under the ground,” Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. “The disaster that took place in Erzincan Ilic Copler gold mine is a disaster that coming,” the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects said in a statement issued on social media. “We said that Ilic Copler gold mine should be closed and rehabilitation works should be started.”

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At least 12 dead at illegal gold mine in Indonesia after landslide triggered by rain
2 months, 3 weeks ago

At least 12 dead at illegal gold mine in Indonesia after landslide triggered by rain

The Independent  

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Indonesian landslide triggered by heavy rain leaves 11 dead and dozens missing at illegal gold mine
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Indonesian landslide triggered by heavy rain leaves 11 dead and dozens missing at illegal gold mine

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A landslide triggered by torrential rains crashed onto an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 11 people, officials said. National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari said torrential rains that have pounded the area since Saturday also broke an embankment, causing floods of up to 3 meters in five villages in Bone …

Landslide kills 12 women at illegal gold mine in Indonesia
2 years, 7 months ago

Landslide kills 12 women at illegal gold mine in Indonesia

Associated Press  

MEDAN, Indonesia — Rescuers retrieved a dozen bodies of women buried under tons of mud from a landslide that crashed onto an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, police said Friday. About 14 women were looking for gold grains Thursday in a pit roughly 2 meters deep at a small and unauthorized traditional gold mine in a remote …

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