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  2. 2025 Assam mine incident - Wikipedia

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    The mine has been determined to be an illegal operation, being previously leased by the Assam Mineral Development Corporation (AMDC) but has been abandoned 12 years ago. Police have arrested two individuals in connection with the incident. The Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, said that the mine "prima facie appears to be an illegal ...

  3. Chasnala mining disaster - Wikipedia

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    The disaster was caused by an explosion at 1:35pm that weakened the wall between the mine pit and another, abandoned mine above it that was full of water. [1] [2] By one estimate at the time, around 110 million imperial gallons (500,000 m 3) of water flooded in, at a rate of 7 million imperial gallons (32,000 m 3) minute. [1]

  4. List of open-pit mines - Wikipedia

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    Adams Mine – abandoned mine in Kirkland Lake, Ontario; Athabasca oil sands – second largest proven petroleum reserve in the world as of 2013, located in northern Alberta along the Athabasca river. Barkerville Mine - Gold Mine near Wells, British Columbia; Colomac Mine – gold mine in Northwest Territories

  5. The World Bank Group's Uncounted - The Huffington Post

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    World Bank Projects Leave Trail of Misery Around Globe. Evicted & Abandoned. Inside The World Bank’s Broken Promise To Protect The Poor. Ethiopia. New Evidence Ties World Bank to Human Rights Abuses in Ethiopia. Peru. How The World Bank Is Financing Environmental Destruction. India. A Power Plant Backed By The World Bank Group Threatens A Way ...

  6. Trapped underground with decaying bodies, miners faced a dark ...

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    The government initiated the crackdown on illicit mining in December 2023 through Operation Vala Umgodi (meaning "close the hole" in isiZulu). The abandoned mines had been taken over by gangs ...

  7. List of ghost towns by country - Wikipedia

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    Eureka City is an abandoned mining town in Mpumalanga. It is now a historical site. Diepgezet is an abandoned asbestos mining town in Mpumalanga. It was transferred to tribal land and renamed to Msauli. Leydsdorp is an abandoned mining town near Tzaneen in Limpopo province. [12] Millwood is an abandoned mining town near Knysna. [13]

  8. Abandoned mine - Wikipedia

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    An abandoned mine refers to a former mining or quarrying operation that is no longer in use and has no responsible entity to finance the cost of remediation and/or restoration of the mine feature or site. Such mines are typically left unattended and may pose safety hazards or cause environmental damage without proper maintenance.

  9. List of mines in India - Wikipedia

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    This lists of mines in India is subsidiary to the list of mines article, and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marbles and other quarries may be included in this list. In India, the underground mine to surface mine ratio is 20:80 [citation needed].