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The FTSE 100 closed at a five-month low on Friday despite talk of consolidation among the mega-cap miners.
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Rescuers pumped fresh air into the smoke-choked shafts of a Siberian gold mine Friday, hoping that 21 miners were still alive a day after a fire killed at least 12 workers in Russia's latest mining disaster.
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Like the big oil companies, the world&#39;s mining majors are experiencing an embarrassment of riches due to very high commodity prices. BHP Billiton is in the happiest position: it is both the world&#39;s biggest miner and has a substantial oil production ...
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Rescuers battled thick smoke and   blistering temperatures on Thursday as they tried to reach more   than 30 miners trapped underground by a fire at a gold mine in   Siberia.
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A wall of thick smoke blocked rescuers on Monday from 141 Chinese miners trapped after a gas explosion in a coal mine in northern China that killed at least 25, and officials saw scant hope of finding more survivors.
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At least 25 miners died in a major gas explosion at a mine in China Sunday, while 141 men remained trapped underground. Forty-five of the 127 miners rescued were injured, reported Xinhua, China&#39;s main government-run news agency.
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Gold Fields Ltd. rejected an $8.1 billion takeover bid by smaller rival Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd. as inadequate on Monday, despite the support of its largest stakeholder.
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Twenty-three miners were feared trapped underground Tuesday after an accident at a mine in southern Poland, an official said.
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A mine explosion left more than 160 miners trapped underground Sunday.
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Struggling 1,000 feet below ground, rescuers drew close Saturday to a section of a collapsed mine shaft where they hoped to find 71 coal miners missing in a gas explosion. The number of confirmed dead rose to 77.
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The chances of rescuing at least 141 miners trapped inside a coal mine in China after a fierce gas explosion ripped through the underground facility Sunday are bleak, say authorities.
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For nearly four weeks a mining community in central Utah held out hope that six men trapped in a coal mine cave-in would be found alive. That hope is gone now that federal mine officials have suspended the search for the men.
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The 141 miners trapped inside a north China mine following a gas explosion have no chance of survival and are presumed dead, a local communist party secretary has told AFP.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va., Feb. 8 -- Underground coal mines must provide up to four days of breathable air to keep miners alive in emergencies such as an explosion or a tunnel collapse, federal regulators announced Thursday.
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BEIJING  - Rescue teams resigned themselves to pulling only corpses from a mine where 103 workers remained trapped after a gas blast, as Chinese media demanded investment to mechanize the industry and improve safety.
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RUDA SLASKA, Poland  - Hopes of saving 15 miners trapped deep underground in a Polish coal mine faded on Wednesday as rising gas levels and flooding forced a temporary break in rescue efforts.
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About 123 miners escaped a major Sunday gas explosion at a mine in China, but more than 170 were reported trapped underground. The state-owned Chenjiashan Coalmine, under the