# miners - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
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The 19 Polish miners trapped when an earthquake hit have been rescued.
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# miners - Monday 11 February, 2013
A total of 259 miners were working underground when the explosion went off at the Vorkutinskaya mine.
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# miners - Sunday 6 January, 2013
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
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# miners - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
Major gold producers in South Africa are playing a high-stakes game of chicken with workers striking over wages.
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# miners - Monday 3 September, 2012
A court is to begin conditionally releasing 270 miners who were arrested after police gunned down 34 of their colleagues in Johannesburg in August.
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# miners - Thursday 30 August, 2012
Prosecutors have charged 270 mine workers over violent confrontation with police sparked by mining strike.
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# miners - Thursday 23 August, 2012
A widow of one of the men collapsed during the service, which remembered the 34 miners who died during last week’s strike.
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# miners - Monday 20 August, 2012
Mining company threatened to fire anyone who doesn’t show up for work tomorrow morning after wildcat strike led to 44 deaths.
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# miners - Friday 17 August, 2012
Police chief says live rounds were used after negotiations and crowd control measures failed.
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The nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
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Video footage of the shooting has been broadcast across South Africa.
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# miners - Thursday 16 August, 2012
A number of people were shot and injured in the incident, which occured as striking workers gathered near the Lonmin PLC platinum mine this afternoon.
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# miners - Thursday 12 July, 2012
Six people were hospitalised and several arrested in yesterday after police fired rubber bullets at crowds demonstrating against severe new austerity measures.
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# miners - Friday 11 November, 2011
A gas leaks sparks an underground explosion at a mine in the Yunnan province, with around two dozen more miners trapped.
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# miners - Saturday 5 November, 2011
The remaining 45 miners trapped underground since last Thursday have been brought to the surface. Eight people have been confirmed dead following the incident.
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# miners - Friday 4 November, 2011
Seven miners have so far managed to escape from the mine in the centre of the country.
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# miners - Tuesday 27 September, 2011
It’s the second fatal mining accident to hit the UK’s mining industry this month.
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# miners - Tuesday 30 August, 2011
The mine the men were working in was ordered shut in 2007 but reopened – without permission – earlier this month.
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# miners - Saturday 9 October, 2010
The nine things you need to know by 9am this Saturday morning.
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# miners - Friday 8 October, 2010
A giant diamond-tipped drill is now just 40m away from the trapped men – but there’s new safety concerns.
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