Air pack thefts concern mine industry
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Underground coal miners are facing a new and apparently growing safety threat: the theft of emergency air packs.
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China, home to the world's deadliest  mining industry, could be faced with a new wave of accidents as  collieries start operations again following severe winter  weather which forced many to close.
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Using picks, shovels and even their hands, hundreds of coal miners have worked around the clock for a year to recover the bodies of 65 co-workers lost in an explosion. So far, frustrated searchers have only found two.
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BOULDER, Colo. -- Like the adage here on Earth, so goes it for Mars: One person's junk is another's gold mine -- in this case, charred and busted up pieces of a heat shield.
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XINTAI, China, Aug. 23 -- The first sign of trouble was a stream of water that burst from a wall deep in the mine, Wang Kuitao recalled. Within minutes, he said, the water was everywhere, rushing down the shaft carrying tons of mud. Another disaster was on the way, Wang quickly concluded, one mor...
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LOS ANGELES -- After months of studying rocks and searching for water, the Mars rover Opportunity is taking a look at some of the junk it left behind during its fiery descent last January.
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There are reports at least two dozen coal miners are dead and more than 140 are still trapped in a mine in central China. Nearly 300 workers were in the mine when a massive gas explosion tore through the shaft.
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Tests found decay and other problems in emergency air packs carried by state mine inspectors, prompting West Virginia officials on Thursday to issue an alert warning all of the state's underground coal operations.
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There appear to be two periods of time when the 377 tons of high explosives missing from a military facility in Iraq could have been moved or stolen &#151; in the weeks before the U.S. invasion began or several weeks in April after U.S. troops overran the Al-Qaqaa base and moved on to Baghdad.
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VIENNA, Austria -- It now appears that nearly 400 tons of high-powered explosives may have disappeared from an Iraqi ammunition depot before US troops seized the facility during the opening days of the war against Saddam Hussein.
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A pair of accidents that killed more than 300 miners has underscored the human price China pays for its booming economy and ravenous appetite for coal, an industry that's seen more than 4,500 workers killed on the job this year.
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Mine safety officials say a sealing material used at a southeastern Kentucky mine where an explosion killed five miners is an easy and cost-effective way to contain combustible gases, but others in the industry say convenience comes at a cost.
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Rattled by a spate of high-profile  mining disruptions on several continents this month, gold stock  investors are looking to company bosses to reassure them that  their investments are safe.
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At least 63 miners are known to have died after Sunday's mine explosion, with more than 100 missing.
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Problems with the battery pack's latch could lead to overheating, company says.
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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
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A gold mine worker was missing Wednesday and feared trapped deep under ground in northeastern Nevada, company officials said.