Miners

Rahul Gandhi calls on Narendra Modi to save trapped miners in Meghalaya instead of 'strutting about' on Bogibeel Bridge

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to focus his attention from "posing for cameras" to the 15 miners trapped in a 370-foot-deep illegal coal mine in Meghalaya.

Amritsar mining engineer, who rescued 64 from West Bengal flooded quarry in 1989, to help trace Meghalaya miners

Over a dozen miners were reportedly trapped on 13 December after water from nearby Lytein river gushed into the illegal coal pit in Meghalaya. All efforts made by the district authorities to trace them have turned futile over the past seven days

Number of miners trapped in 'rat-hole' coal mine in Meghalaya goes up to 15: 7 days on, incessant rain makes rescue ops tricky

The number of people trapped inside the rat-hole mines of East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya has gone up to 15. Reports confirmed the news as officials are still attempting to rescue the miners who have been tapped inside the illegal coal mines.

Coal India to undertake 'challenge' of 700 mn tonne output target for FY'20; to look at changing safety policy

Coal India had envisaged an output of 630 million tonne for the current fiscal, but later revised it to 652 million tonne as an aspirational target.

US automakers are finding more ways to boost lithium output to cut their dependence on China

In North Carolina, Nevada and other states, miners are working to revive the US lithium industry, once the world’s largest until it fell off in the 1990s.

Bitcoin, blockchain explainer: A revolutionary idea which will transform everything from voting to music sales

Let us begin by bursting your bubble: if you’re reading this article, you are not going to make billions trading in bitcoin.

Bitcoin races past $10,000 on 29 November; falls back to $9,300 the same afternoon

The CEO of JPMorgan Chase has called bitcoin a “fraud,” as it is not based on anything other than software code and is not backed by any monetary authority.

Bolivia: Striking miners kill deputy minister; govt calls it 'cowardly and brutal killing'

Striking miners in Bolivia kidnapped and beat to death the country's deputy interior minister after he traveled to the area to mediate in the bitter conflict over mining laws, officials said.

Mines ministry seeks removal of export duty on iron ore from Goa

Miners have urged the government to help boost sales amid a sharp fall in prices

Bullets, gold dust and illegal miners: Gang wars erupt over abandoned mines in South Africa