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Miners trapped underground, tailings dam failures, landslides at open pits, explosions at coal mines – the list of recent accidents, safety incidents and catastrophic events at mining operations is sadly not a short one

In 2018, the single biggest cause of deaths among ICMM member companies was from mobile mining equipment

In 2018, the single biggest cause of deaths among ICMM member companies was from mobile mining equipment

While "illegal" artisanal mining activities might not fit into the same category as the above, the death of 43 people at a Glencore subsidiary's copper mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in June...

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