The catastrophic tailings dam failure at the Mount Polley copper and gold mine in British Columbia, Canada, on August 4, 2014, released millions of cubic meters of mining waste and water into... Read more »
The November 2010 tragedy at the Pike River Coal Mine on New Zealand’s South Island resulted in the loss of 29 lives. A series of methane explosions, followed by a subsequent fire,... Read more »
The catastrophic explosion at the Consolidation Coal Company’s No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia, on November 20, 1968, resulted in the deaths of 78 miners. The incident involved a methane gas... Read more »
The potential for catastrophic events within subterranean iron ore extraction operations represents a significant risk to both human life and economic stability. Such incidents can result from a complex interplay of geological... Read more »
The April 5, 2010, explosion at a coal mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia, claimed the lives of twenty-nine miners. The incident, investigated by multiple agencies, highlighted critical safety deficiencies within the... Read more »
The catastrophic event at the Vaal Reefs gold mine in Orkney, South Africa, on May 10, 1995, resulted from a sequence of events culminating in a seismic event and subsequent flooding. A... Read more »
The catastrophic event at the Wilberg Mine in Emery County, Utah on December 19, 1984, resulted in the deaths of 27 miners. A fire, ignited by faulty maintenance on a faulty air... Read more »
The tragic event at the Barnes Hecker iron mine in Ishpeming, Michigan, on November 3, 1926, claimed the lives of fifty-one miners. A sudden and catastrophic cave-in, triggered by a rock burst... Read more »
The catastrophic event at the Scotia coal mine in Letcher County, Kentucky, on March 9, 1976, resulted in the deaths of 26 miners. A methane explosion, followed by a subsequent accumulation of... Read more »
The catastrophic cave-in at the Knox Coal Company’s anthracite colliery near Sheppton, Pennsylvania, in August 1963, trapped three miners for two weeks while a frantic rescue operation unfolded above. One miner, David... Read more »