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10 Apr 2000 Content Type: Article; World Bank echoes calls for Ok Tedi closure Date: 6 Mar 2000 Content Type: Article; World Bank - Full Ok Tedi Report Date: 31 Dec 1999 Content Type: Article; One of World's Worst Mine Disasters Gets Worse [BHP's OK Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea] Date: 10 Aug 1999 Content Type: Article; Statement by Papua New ...
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Jul 13, 2013March 16, 1940 - An explosion at the Willow Grove No. 10 mine in St. Clairsville, Ohio kills 72 miners. March 25, 1947 - 111 miners are killed in an explosion at the Centralia No. 5 mine in ...
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On November 15, 2010, monsoon rains and a swollen river proved too much for a poorly constructed tenement building in New Delhi, India. Tragically, 67 people died in the collapse and a further 150 were injured. The multi-story building housed around 400 migrant workers from rural parts of eastern India.
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Residents of the valley of Vajont in Italy had reservations about a new hydroelectric dam--especially when cracks began to appear in the nearby mountain. The...
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Grupo Mexico is the world's fourth largest copper mining company, with the largest copper reserves worldwide. Grupo Mexico subsidiary Buenavista del Cobre is spending $3.4bn to expand its copper ...
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The explosion in the coal mine on the border of Westhoughton and Atherton, near Bolton, on December 21, 1910 claimed the lives of 345 men and boys - England's worst mining disaster. One woman ...
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The Black Death is perhaps the most devastate pandemic in the history of Europe. The pandemic took place between 1346-1353 and led to the death of between 75 million and 200 million people in Eurasia, with 3.5 million people dying in the UK. The plague disease was caused by Yersinia pestis carried by ground rodents.
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The EPA says that the Zonolite Company started mining vermiculite in the 1920s, a process that continued with W.R. Grace's 1963 purchase of the mines. Up until the mine's closure in 1990, it was estimated that the town produced around 80% of the world's vermiculite, but there was a major catch: It was contaminated with asbestos.
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( Image courtesy of Brooke Herbert Hayes | ViewFind) In 1930, the town of Millfield, in Ohio, was shaken by a devastating coal mine explosion, considered the worst mine disaster in the history of...
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But Benxihu stands out, not only as the worst mining accident on record, but how a bad situation can be made worse by sheer human heartlessness. According to Britannica, in 1942, Benxihu was a Chinese coal mine under the supervision of the Imperial Japanese during World War II. And when an explosion rocked the complex, tragedy happened.
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This particular airship disaster is worse than the ill-fated Hindenburg. 1. 1970's DC-10 Disasters. In 1979, after a string of numerous malfunctions including door issues, DC-10s (all series) around the world were grounded following the crash of American Airlines Flight 191.
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The mining industry worldwide has led to some of the worst tragedies, and some of the greatest rescues. What causes mining accidents? ... The worst mining disaster ever happened in China on 26 April 1942. In this coal dust explosion, 1 549 miners died. 2. On 10 March 1906, 1 099 miners (this included many young children) died in a coal dust ...
Get priceRELATED: 10 Disaster Movies Like San Andreas. The answer: natural disaster films that employ cheap special effects, terrible actors, and dialogue that makes anyone cry from laughter. Some of the worst natural disaster flicks, it turns out, are actually the best - especially for moviegoers who live campy B-movies. Titanic II (2010)
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Benxi colliery disaster The April 26, 1942, gas and coal dust explosion inside a Japanese-run, forced-labour mine in Benxi, China, is believed to be the deadliest coal mining disaster in history....
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The last coal mining disaster occurred on April 5, 2010, at the Upper Big Branch Montcoal Eagle Mine in Naoma. The worst mine disaster in 40 years, the explosion killed 29 people. To date, there have been 119 disasters at mines in West Virginia. Many more miners suffered disabling and lifelong injuries in nonfatal accidents.
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A list of some recent fatal mine disasters around the world: 2014: An explosion and a fire Tuesday kill at least 205 workers at a coal mine in western Turkey and more than 200 miners remained ...
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2. Shanxi Mine Collapse, 2008 A total of 281 people died after a mine collapsed following a September 2008 mudslide in Shanxi province. While authorities initially tried to blame the disaster on...
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An explosion of methane gas at Hillcrest, Alta, killed 189 men in Canada's worst mining disaster. February 03, 1916. Disasters . Parliament Buildings Burn. Most of the original Parliament Buildings in Ottawa were destroyed by fire, killing 7 people. Only the Parliamentary Library survived intact. ... Disasters . World's Largest Marine Disaster.
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On December 20, 1987, the seriously overcrowded Philippine ferry MV Doña Paz sank after colliding with an oil tanker. It was the worst peacetime, maritime disaster in history as 4,386 people died because the ship had no radio and the lifejackets were locked away. MV Dona Paz. Image Source: Lindsay Bridge
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10. Aleppo Earthquake (Syria 1138) - 230,000 dead 9. Indian Ocean Earthquake/Tsunami (Indian Ocean 2004) - 230,000 dead 8. Haiyun Earthquake (China 1920) - 240,000 dead 7. Tangshan Earthquake (China 1976) - 242,000 dead 6. Antioch Earthquake (Syria and Turkey 526) - 250,000 dead 5. India Cyclone (India 1839) - 300,000 dead 4.
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Here is a list of the 10 worst coal mine disasters around the world. 1. In 1942, a coal-dust explosion killed a full third of the workers, 1,549 people, on duty at the Honkeiko coal mine in the Liaoning province of northeastern China. 2. In 1906, an explosion at a coal mine in northern France, also known as the "Courrières mine disaster ...
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The tragedy in Aberfan became one of the United Kingdom's worst mining disasters. ... and that the world cared," Marjorie Collins, who lost her eight-year-old son in the disaster, said in 2015 ...
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The disasters have been a result of natural causes such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and flooding, while human actions, including terrorism, have also contributed to these disasters. The worst natural disaster in US history was the 1900 Galveston Hurricane. Some of the other worst disasters in the history of the United States are listed below.
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Updated: 10:15 PM EDT May 19, 2022. ROCKY TOP, Tenn. — One of the worst mining tragedies that killed 219 boys and men was 120 years ago. On May 19, 1902, there was an explosion inside a mine in ...
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Mining-Technology profiles major coal mine disasters around the world. Benxihu Colliery Disaster (1942) - China The Benxihu colliery disaster in China cost 1,549 lives and is believed to be the worst coal mining disaster ever. The tragedy occurred on 26 April 1942 in the Honkeiko coal mine, located near Benxi in the Liaoning province of China.
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Referred to as the worst disaster in the history of coal mining, Benxihu colliery mining disaster, occurred on April 26, 1942, in a coal mine at Benxi, Liaoning province, China, killing 1,549 Chinese miners. ... The world's biggest offshore oil disaster affected 10% of UK oil production and led to financial losses of an estimated £2 billion. ...
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by P.J. Smith. The Summitville Mine, 40 miles west of Alamosa, is called Colorado's worst environmental disaster, and America's most notorious and costly mine—$210 million to clean up and counting. At 11,500 feet in the San Juan Mountains, surrounded by the Rio Grande National Forest, the 1,235 acre open-pit cyanide leach gold and silver ...
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Abstract. This paper aims (1) to look back at the 1996 Marcopper mining disaster in Marinduque and be able to point out the negligence of mine companies to take obligations for the damage they ...
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Here, we list some of the biggest mining disasters of the last ten years. Crandall Canyon, US On 6 August 2007, the Crandall Canyon mine, an underground bituminous coal mine in Utah, collapsed. Six workers were killed in the accident and three rescuers lost their lives in a second cave-in just ten days later.
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The most notorious oil spill in our history is the 1989 Exxon-Valdez spill along the coast of Alaska. The spill resulted in 10.8 million gallons of crude oil covering 11,000 miles of ocean. The animal death told was high: 250,000 sea birds, 2,800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 250 bald eagles, up to 22 killer whales, and billions of salmon were ...
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Worked by a variety of European immigrants, the Cherry coal mine in northern Illinois was, ironically, considered one of the nation's safest. But when a kerosene torch accidentally ignited a wagonload of hay bales on November 3, 1909, the flames soon got out of control, resulting in the nation's worst mine fire.
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May 17, 2022Below are the list of 10 of the worst man-made disasters in the world. The Aberfan Colliery Slip It's not often that big man-made catastrophes occur in Britain. The Aberfan colliery was even more shocking. The Aberfan village, in the Welsh Valleys, was built around a nearby coal mine, which was established in 1869.
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However, the disaster with the highest death toll in Cornish mining history happened more-or-less in the middle of the Duchy, in St Newlyn East. It was 175 years ago when 39 men perished at East ...
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10 of the Worst Ship Disasters Ever. Posted on May 7, 2012 by Beverly Jenkins. ... During World War I, the ship was hit by a German torpedo on May 7, 1915, and then sank within just 18 minutes of being hit. The disaster killed 1,198 of the 1,959 people aboard, leaving 761 survivors. The sinking turned public opinion in many countries against ...
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Jul 20, 2022Below is a list of the 30 worst mining accidents in world history (in order of death toll). Mine Accidents with More than 500 Deaths 1. Benxihu Colliery Mining Disaster, China (April 26, 1942) Benxihu coal mine The world's worst mining death occurred in 1942 at the Benxihu coal mine in Liaoning Province, China.
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The top 5 deadliest worldwide mine disasters include China, France, Japan, UK, and South Africa. China holds the record for the most disasters for mining. The absolute worst mining safety record belongs to China. Hundreds maybe even thousands die each year in China due to their poor safety procedures. They will not release the death toll number.
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On 9 November the steamer Elingamite was wrecked on the Three Kings Islands, north of Cape Rēinga, with the loss of 45 lives. Find out more on Te Ara. 1909 Penguin shipwreck On 12 February the Cook Strait ferry Penguin struck rocks off Cape Terawhiti and sank with the loss of 72 lives. Find out more. 1914 Landslide on Whakaari / White Island
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In some cases, disasters like nuclear accidents or mining operations have prompted permanent evacuations, leaving behind ghost towns. ... Japan was the world's worst nuclear disaster since ...
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Nov 26, 2021The Benxihu colliery disaster occurred on 26 April 1942 in the Honkeiko coal mine, located near Benxi in the Liaoning province of China. It led to the deaths of 1,549 lives and is believed to be the worst coal mining disaster ever. The fatal explosion of the underground coal mine was caused by a mixture of gas and coal dust.
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Such gold mining is just one of world's most pressing global pollution problems, according to the Blacksmith Institute, an environmental health group based in New York City. Among the others: air ...
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