7 miners were about to go into their well-deserved retirement when the cork bucket used to lift them to the surface fell down a 240-meter shaft after the wire rope broke. The accident occurred on May 14 at Bucks Mine near Gwanda, and the bodies of the deceased workers were recovered following salvage operations by the Ministry of Mines and Mine Development and other mine rescue teams.
According to the police, the victims in the gold mine are all women. At least twelve people have died in a landslide in a mine shaft in Indonesia. According to the police, all of the victims are women. The accident occurred on Thursday in the province of North Sumatra, as the local police chief Reza Akbar announced on Friday.
28.04.2022, 06:11 Uhr Fuerabamba: Police have cleared an occupied copper mine in southern Peru. Nearly 700 officers broke up a protest camp of farmers at the Las Bambas mine site in the Apurímac region, police said Wednesday. The security forces fired tear gas into the crowd, and the occupants hurled stones at the officers, the radio station RPP reported.
Strike week 7 for the miners of the Sibanye-Stillwater gold mine organised in the AMCU and NUM unions. The 25,000 strikers are fighting for more pay. A total of 31,000 workers are employed at Sibanye Stillwater. This is the largest gold, platinum and palladium producer in the world. The miners rejected an offer from Sibanye of 850 rand.
Report of the Polish ICG member. Regarding the current situation I have to say that unfortunately we have a black series of accidents in JSW, the rescue operation in Pniówek mine is not yet finished and already there was another accident, this time in Zofiówka mine. In the Zofiówka mine there was an earth tremor, as a result of which a part of the mine building collapsed and buried 10 miners; unfortunately all the miners died.
Report of a miner from Kazakhstan. In Kazakhstan we are also preparing for May Day and many collectives and public organisations have announced rallies in all cities. At the rallies in all cities of Kazakhstan we will raise the issues of wages, the low social level of workers in the country and our Kazakh issues after the events in January.
No euros from the masses for imperialist wars!
For the unity of workers worldwide!
For higher wages, saving the environment, fighting for every job and world peace!
Fight for trade union and democratic rights.
On April 21, 2022, IndustriALL, the international industrial union, will present its study on „gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH)" from the mining sector. Individual and group interviews were conducted with 21 women and two male leaders from IndustriALL affiliates in South Africa (NUM and NUMSA), Colombia (Sintracarbon) and Canada (Unifor and USW).
On Thursday April 7, 2022, the security workers of Sangrood Mine, West Alborz Unit continued their gathering for the ninth day in this shut down mine in a mountainous region in Gilan Province. Their protests are regarding the non-payment of their wages andinsurance benefits. The protesting workers told a media reporter: the contract workers’ arrears go back tothree months.
Dear colleagues and friends The 3rd International Miners' Conference will take place from 31 August to 3 September 2023 in Thuringia/Germany. The International Miners' Coordination Group is responsible for coordinating the preparation and implementation of the 3rd International Miners' Conference. It organises a democratic, equal preparation and discussion process of all participants with a culture of dispute in solidarity.