19-04-24 About 54 jade miners went missing after the collapse of a tailing pond in Myanmars Kachin state, the Ministry of Information said Tuesday. 缅甸新闻部周二称，克钦邦一座尾矿池发生塌方，大约54名玉石矿工失踪。 The tailing pond collapsed late Monday at a...

14-11-27 A ship that sank 112 years ago bearing bodies of 499 Chinese miners has been discovered near Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand. 一艘沉没112年、载有499名中国矿工尸体的沉船在新西兰赫基昂加湾附近被发现。 Fish swim around the propeller of the underwater shi...

14-08-06 An earthquake has struck South Africa, killing one person and injuring some gold miners. 南非发生一场地震，造成一人死亡、一些金矿工人受伤。 The US Geological Survey said the 5.3 magnitude tremor was near Orkney, a centre of gold-mining operations. O...

13-06-26 At least 37 gold miners have died after heavy rains caused a pit collapse in the Central African Republic, officials say. 中非共和国的一处矿井因暴雨引发坍塌，造成至少37名矿工死亡。 The accident happened on Sunday near Ndassima, 440km east of the cap...

11-07-12 Miners from Chile's state-owned company, Codelco, have gone on strike for the first time in nearly 20 years. 智利国家铜业公司的矿工近20年以来首次举行罢工。 They are angry at restructuring plans by the government of President Sebastian Pinera, saying...

10-12-02 More than 10,000 people have attended a memorial service for the 29 miners killed in a New Zealand coal mine. 一万多新西兰民众参加了矿难中丧生的29名矿工的追悼会。 Mourners around the country observed two minutes' silence for the dead. The memorial s...

10-10-15 Three of the 33 men rescued after 69 days trapped in the San Jose mine in Chile have been discharged from hospital and allowed to go home. 智利33名被困69天的矿工之中的三名已被同意出院并允许回家。 Reporters were waiting for miner Carlos Mamani (C) at...

10-09-08 Experts from America's space agency Nasa have been speaking about tips they gave 33 trapped Chilean miners to keep up their psychological health. 美国航天局的专家向智利被困的33位矿工提供窍门以维持他们的心理健康。 Nasa experts advised the Chilean min...

10-08-28 位于智利北部阿塔卡马沙漠的圣何塞铜矿8月5日发生塌方，33名井下作业人员被困在地面以下近700米（2300英尺）处，救援难度极大。救援人员必须用特殊的钻机穿透深达688米的坚硬岩层，开凿一个新井直达矿工们被困的空间，才能救出他们。 The 33 miners trapped undergroun...