Poland One dead, four missing after unprecedented tremor traps Polish miners underground Race to save four missing men is on after earthquake near Czech border hits team drilling new deep corridor 900 metres below surface. 06/05/2018
Pakistan Cave-in kills 23 miners in Pakistan At least 23 victims were all reportedly from same village. 06/05/2018
Iraq Third journalist dies after Mosul mine blast A third journalist has died after being hit by an explosion in Mosul in Iraq earlier this week 24/06/2017
no comment Iran coal mine blast traps dozens of miners A large explosion struck a coal mine in northern Iran on Wednesday (May, 3), trapping dozens of miners and killing at least two, state media reported. 04/05/2017
Ukraine Gas explosion kills at least eight miners in western Ukraine At least eight miners have been killed in a gas explosion in western Ukraine. 03/03/2017
Turkey Rescue teams search for missing workers after copper mine collapse in Turkey At least four people have been killed, while 12 are still trapped in the mine near the town of Sirvan in Siirt province. 18/11/2016
Russia Rescue operation for trapped miners halted The Russian government has confirmed that rescue operations have been halted after further blasts at a mine inside the Arctic Circle. claimed six lives. 28/02/2016
China Chinese miner rescued after 36 days underground The first of a group of four miners trapped underground for 36 days in China has been rescued, the BBC reports, citing state media. The miners were 29/01/2016
Ukraine 'No survivors' as 33 people are confirmed dead in Ukraine mine blast Thirty three miners are now confirmed dead after an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel-held Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, indicating that 04/03/2015
Ukraine Dozens trapped after Zasyadko coal mine blast in Donetsk, Ukraine A blast at a coal mine in the rebel-controlled Donesk in eastern Ukraine has killed at least 32 people, according to a local official. Dozens of 04/03/2015
Ukraine More than 30 dead in Ukraine mine blast More than 30 people were killed after an explosion at a coal mine in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, a local official said 04/03/2015
Tunisia Soldier killed in mine explosion on Tunisian-Algerian border A soldier was killed and another injured in a landmine explosion on Mount Chaambi near the Tunisian-Algerian border on Friday, reported the state 18/04/2014
World Women and War in Nepal: Mina's story “Women have to carry a gun to change society as and when needed. I was not alone, there were many women fighting with us,” said Mina, a 26 year old 06/03/2012
