13-01-14 Two officials who are being held responsible for a coal mine flood that left nine people dead and five others missing in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province have been removed from their posts, authorities said Thursday. 黑龙江省鹤岗市2日发生煤矿...

12-12-17 At least 10 young girls have been killed and two others injured in a landmine explosion in eastern Afghanistan, officials say. 阿富汗东部地区，一颗地雷发生爆炸，至少10名少女死亡、另有两人受伤。 The girls were collecting firewood（柴火） when one of...

12-06-07 Dark flowed through the night, When? Did the resting birds, Flight over the quiet villa, An empty villa in the season of Cape Jasmine. The figure of your back was the only scene in my view, Together with the sound of a clock on my desk, Stayed in my...

11-05-20 Archaeologists（考古学家） have discovered a 12,000-year-old iron oxide mine in Chile that marks the oldest evidence of organized mining ever found in the Americas, according to a report in the June issue of Current Anthropology. A team of researche...

11-02-25 Rapidly rising acidic water in the abandoned gold mines under Johannesburg in South Africa could leak out early next year, the water ministry warns. 南非水利部发出警告，约翰尼斯堡地下废弃金矿中酸性水水位正快速上涨，可能会在明年渗漏出来。 Its report...

10-11-25 New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key has promised an investigation into the deaths of 29 miners at the Pike River mine on South Island. 新西兰总理约翰基承诺对南岛派可河煤矿29名矿工的死亡原因进行调查。 The operator of the mine said it would make eve...

10-11-24 All 29 miners trapped in a coal mine in New Zealand are believed to be dead after a second explosion, police say. 新西兰警方称，所有被困于一座煤矿的29名矿工在经历第二次爆炸之后无人幸免。 Superintendent（监督人，负责人） Gary Knowles said the ignitio...

10-09-24 At least six people have died after a cassiterite mine collapsed in Burundi, 120km (75 miles) north of the capital. 布隆迪首都北部120公里处一座锡石矿发生坍塌，至少6人死亡。 Three other people injured in the accident have been taken to hospital, and...

09-12-01 China has charged nearly 60 people with covering up a deadly mine disaster just weeks before last year's Olympic Games, the state-run China Daily has said. 《中国日报》报道，试图掩盖去年奥运会几周前发生的一起致命矿难的相关责任人已被处理。 Deadly acc...

09-11-22 At least 87 people are now known to have died in a coal mine blast in northern China, state media report. 中国北部某煤矿发生爆炸事故，目前已知至少87人丧生。 Another 21 miners are reportedly still missing in the Xinxing pit（深坑，矿井） in Hegang Ci...