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Chinese Mining Company Accused Covering Up Major Toxic Spill In Zambia
A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.
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Rescuers In Turkey Search For 12 Missing Miners; 4 Dead
Rescue teams recovered another body from a copper mine that collapsed in southeastern Turkey, officials said Friday, raising the death toll to four.
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Arsenic From Chilean Mines Found in Antarctica
Researchers in Antarctica have found ice with traces of arsenic that originated at copper mines in northern Chile, said a study released Monday.
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Slow Road From Kabul Highlights China's Challenge in Afghanistan
A new road linking the Afghan capital with a trade hub near Pakistan has been stuck in the slow lane since a state-owned Chinese company took the contract to build it two years ago, bedevilled by militant attacks and accusations of mismanagement.
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Zambian Villagers to Take on Mining Firm Vedanta in UK Court
British mining company Vedanta Resources faces legal action in London's High Court after a group of Zambian villagers said their water source and farmland was polluted by the firm's copper mining operations.
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3 Killed at US Giant Freeport's Indonesia Mine
Three security personnel were found dead with bullet and machete wounds at a US-owned Freeport-McMoRan copper and gold mine in eastern Indonesia, local police said today.
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Woman Shot Dead Protesting China-Backed Mine in Myanmar
A woman protesting against a controversial Chinese-backed copper mine in Myanmar has been shot dead, a government spokesman said today, announcing an investigation into how police handled the latest clash at the site.
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Eighteen workers trapped underground at Polish mine
Eighteen miners are trapped underground in a Polish copper mine after an earthquake caused a cave-in, mine operator KGHM said.
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Unions in Chile declare general strike, block copper mines
Protesters blocked access to Chile's largest copper mines by setting barricades on fire as unions declared a general strike in Calama.
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Chinese Mining Company Accused Covering Up Major Toxic Spill In Zambia
A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.
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Rescuers In Turkey Search For 12 Missing Miners; 4 Dead
Rescue teams recovered another body from a copper mine that collapsed in southeastern Turkey, officials said Friday, raising the death toll to four.
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Arsenic From Chilean Mines Found in Antarctica
Researchers in Antarctica have found ice with traces of arsenic that originated at copper mines in northern Chile, said a study released Monday.
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Slow Road From Kabul Highlights China's Challenge in Afghanistan
A new road linking the Afghan capital with a trade hub near Pakistan has been stuck in the slow lane since a state-owned Chinese company took the contract to build it two years ago, bedevilled by militant attacks and accusations of mismanagement.
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Zambian Villagers to Take on Mining Firm Vedanta in UK Court
British mining company Vedanta Resources faces legal action in London's High Court after a group of Zambian villagers said their water source and farmland was polluted by the firm's copper mining operations.
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3 Killed at US Giant Freeport's Indonesia Mine
Three security personnel were found dead with bullet and machete wounds at a US-owned Freeport-McMoRan copper and gold mine in eastern Indonesia, local police said today.
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Woman Shot Dead Protesting China-Backed Mine in Myanmar
A woman protesting against a controversial Chinese-backed copper mine in Myanmar has been shot dead, a government spokesman said today, announcing an investigation into how police handled the latest clash at the site.
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Eighteen workers trapped underground at Polish mine
Eighteen miners are trapped underground in a Polish copper mine after an earthquake caused a cave-in, mine operator KGHM said.
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Unions in Chile declare general strike, block copper mines
Protesters blocked access to Chile's largest copper mines by setting barricades on fire as unions declared a general strike in Calama.
