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The Pike River Mine disaster was a coal mining accident that began on 19 November 2010 in the Pike River Mine, 46 km (29 mi) northeast of Greymouth, in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island following a methane explosion at approximately 3:44 pm (NZDT, UTC+13). The accident resulted in the deaths of 29 miners.
The Kaitangata Mine disaster was one of New Zealand's early industrial disasters and the first of its kind in New Zealand. [1] Thirty-four miners lost their lives at 8am on 21 February 1879 in an underground explosion at Kaitangata in South Otago .
The Brunner Mine disaster happened at 9:30 am on Thursday 26 March 1896 (NZMT; UTC+11:30), when an explosion deep in the Brunner Mine, in the West Coast region of New Zealand, killed all 65 miners below ground. The Brunner Mine disaster is the deadliest mining disaster in New Zealand's history. [1]
The Pike River Mine is a coal mine formerly operated by Pike River Coal 46 km (29 mi) north-northeast of Greymouth in the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island. It is the site of the Pike River Mine disaster that occurred on 19 November 2010, leading to the deaths of 29 men whose remains have not been recovered.
1966 Air New Zealand DC-8 crash: air accident 4 Jul 1966: near Auckland Airport: 2 Air New Zealand Flight 4374: air accident 17 Feb 1979: near Auckland Airport: 2 Airwork Flight 23: air accident 3 May 2005: near Stratford: 2 2010 Canterbury earthquake: earthquake 4 Sep 2010: near Darfield: 2 2016 KaikÅura earthquake: earthquake 14 Nov 2016 ...
New Zealand Coal Production, 1878 - 2014. [10] Coal mining produced almost 4 million tonnes of coal in 2014, of which 44% was exported. [10] In 2016 it was down to 2,834,956 tonnes, [11] very similar to production in 2020. [12] New Zealand coal reserves are in excess of 15 billion tonnes, mainly in Waikato, Taranaki, West Coast, Otago and ...
Pages in category "Coal mining disasters in New Zealand" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Coal mining disasters in New Zealand (1 C, 3 P) ... Mining accidents in New Zealand This page was last edited on 20 September 2017, at 05:41 (UTC). ...