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Myanmar Jade Mine Collapse Kills at Least 168. Dozens of miners were missing after a huge pile of muddy waste collapsed into an open pit in northern Myanmar, triggering a vast wave, ...
RELATED: The corruption of Myanmar’s jade trade. Informal miners risk, and often lose, their lives digging through scraps of the giant mines. At least 10 people were killed in a landslide in the ...
AT least 103 people have been killed and 200 are trapped after a jade mine collapsed in Hpakant, in Myanmar, this morning. By Rachel Russell 06:42, Thu, Jul 2, 2020 | UPDATED: 19:00, Thu, Jul 2, 2020 ...
Landslide At Myanmar Jade Mine Kills At Least 162 The death toll ... told Reuters that he was about to take a photo of the precarious waste mound that he felt was set to collapse when people ...
Myanmar jade mine collapse kills 90 Rescuers still digging bodies and survivors out of rubble, as disaster brings attention to shady industry. By AFP 22 November 2015, 9:48 am Edit. Share.
A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has killed at least 32 people, ... The collapse of a sand cliff had sent water surging into a nearby lake and trapped the miners, ...
It is the latest in a series of deadly accidents in recent months to hit Hpakant, where as much as 90% of the world's jade is mined, mostly illegally. Pit collapse at jade mine in Myanmar leaves ...
YANGON: The death toll from the collapse of a jade mine in Kachin state of northern Myanmar has reached 32 as of Jan 15, an official from the local administration office told Xinhua on Thursday ...
At Least 162 Dead in Myanmar Jade Mine Collapse Caused by Landslide: A 'Preventable Tragedy' "There were people stuck in the mud shouting for help but no one could help them," said one witness. By.
The miners were collecting stones in the jade-rich Hpakant area of Kachin state - the centre of Myanmar's secretive jade industry - when the "muddy wave" crashed onto them, after heavy rain, the ...
A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has killed at least 32 people, a local fire services official told CNN on Wednesday.