Nine Peruvian miners emerged into the daylight Wednesday morning after six days trapped in a collapsed mine.
A cave-in complicated work in southern Peru to rescue nine miners who have been trapped below ground for days, state media reported Sunday.
Nine miners trapped in a flooded coal mine in northwest Colombia are feared dead, police said Thursday.
A gas leak triggered an underground explosion that killed 19 miners Thursday in southwest China, state media reported, the latest fatalities in the nation's dangerous coal industry.
One miner is trapped and 28 others are dead following a gas explosion at a central Chinese coal mine, state-run media reported Sunday, citing rescuers.
Two miners died and several others were injured Friday when a wall collapsed at a Centertown, Kentucky, mine, the Ohio County sheriff said.
The death toll in a coal mine accident in southwestern China has risen to 17, state media reported Wednesday.
The death toll in a coal mine accident in China's southwestern Guizhou province rose to 16 late Tuesday, after three more bodies were found, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Four miners are trapped in a coal mine in Swansea Valley, South Wales, police confirmed Thursday.
Fourteen of the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for more than three months after a mine collapse in northern Chile will get lifetime pensions.
Workers pulled to the surface 19 miners from a flooded mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province early Tuesday morning, bringing the total number of rescued miners to 22, state media said.
The job is done, and 33 Chilean miners are safe with their loved ones. Take a look back at an unforgettable 24 hours.
Two separate incidents at coal mines in Southwest China over the weekend left at least three miners dead and 42 trapped, state media reported.
Acting West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin will join the families of the 29 men who perished in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine a year ago Tuesday.
President Obama delivers the eulogy at a memorial for the 29 miners that were killed in an explosion in West Virginia.
At least 10 miners were killed by a methane gas explosion in a coal mine in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan on Sunday, a government official told CNN.
The governor of West Virginia unveiled a new, specially equipped truck Tuesday designed to help rescue trapper miners -- part of that state's response to last year's Upper Big Branch Mine explosion, which resulted in 29 deaths.
29 miners are rescued in China after more than a day in a flooded mine. CNN's Jaime FlorCruz reports.
Twenty-nine miners trapped in a flooded mine in China were rescued after more than 30 hours, with crews lifting them out in rapid succession, state television reported Monday.
Twenty-nine miners trapped in a flooded mine in China were still alive after more than 24 hours, and rescuers were lifting them out, state media reported Monday.
Two miners were killed and a third was injured in a dynamite explosion at a copper and gold mine in Chile's Atacama Desert, not far from another mine where 33 miners were trapped for 69 days.
The two remaining miners trapped underground in Ecuador since part of a mine collapsed last week have been found dead, the mine's president said Wednesday.
Rescue workers in Ecuador believe they are closing in on two of the four miners who were trapped underground after a part of a mine collapsed last week, the state news agency reported Tuesday.
Large rocks and wood blocks slowed the progress of rescue workers trying to reach the remaining two miners in southern Ecuador believed trapped underground, the state-run news agency reported Sunday.
Fifty-two years ago, the survivors of the Springhill Mine Disaster in Nova Scotia revealed a few things to the world about the brutality of survival in the depths.
The rescue of Chile's trapped miners has become one of the most-watched Web events in recent memory, according to an internet monitor.
Some gave a thumbs-up, waved Chilean flags, and hugged their loved ones. One dropped to his knees and prayed, while another asked about his dog. One led the crowd in a cheer for Chile. And then they were all wheeled away on stretchers.
CNN talks to author and professor George Bonanno on potential psychological concerns for the rescued Chilean miners.
As much of the world watched the dramatic rescue of trapped miners in Chile, some in China wondered whether their country would have gone to such lengths.
As much of the world watched the dramatic rescue of trapped miners in Chile, some in China wondered whether their country would have gone to such lengths.
Officials working to free 33 trapped miners in northern Chile denied Thursday they are under political orders to rescue the men ahead of President Sebastian Pinera's planned mid-month trip to Europe.
CNN's Karl Penhaul reports that 33 trapped Chilean miners could be reached in a matter of days.
Piercing air horns sounded out Tuesday over the site where workers, drilling to reach 33 Chilean miners, passed the halfway point to the trapped men.
A Chilean mine site celebrates as rescuers reach the halfway mark to the trapped miners. CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports.
It's 7:55 a.m. and miner Javier Avarca arrives in the early morning chill to the San Jose mine in Chile to begin a 12-hour shift.
As night breaks into day, the arc lights on three drilling rigs flicker off.
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera visits the rescue site where 33 miners remain trapped. CNN's Karl Penhaul reports.
Some of the families camped outside the San Jose mine, waiting for rescuers to reach 33 workers trapped underground, fear Chilean President Sebastian Pinera may be playing politics with the rescue operation in an effort to boost his popularity.
33 trapped Chilean miners celebrated as a bore hole reached them, but the hole must be widened before they can be rescued.
CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports on the baby girl born to a trapped miner in Chile.
CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports on the Chilean miners who have spent more than a month buried in a collapsed mine.
For months, the men waited in isolation, struggling to survive. They forced themselves to eat the flesh of dead friends to sustain themselves.
The 33 miners trapped in a mine in Chile sing their national anthem in a video message to their families.
One of Chile's 33 trapped miners has proposed to the woman he's been with for 25 years. CNN's Karl Penhaul reports.
The 33 Chilean miners who have been trapped underground for more than three weeks spoke directly with family members for the first time Sunday, as officials worked to keep the men's spirits and health in good shape.
CNN's Karl Penhaul has the latest on 33 miners trapped in Chile.
Thirty-three miners trapped underground in Chile sent a note on Sunday saying they are alive, raising hopes for the first time in the nearly three weeks since the mine collapsed, but officials cautioned it could take months to rescue the workers.
Two miners who died this week in a Nevada mining accident were identified Saturday, according to the mine's owner.
Fourteen miners died and another 23 remained trapped in a gold mine where a fire broke out Friday evening in eastern China's Shandong province, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported Saturday.
Rescue crews on Sunday worked to retrieve the remains of 28 workers killed in a coal mine accident in northwest China, state media said.
An underground explosion in a coal mine in central China's Henan province killed at least 46 miners early Monday, state media reported.
Chinese officials were investigating Sunday a coal mine blast that killed 17 miners in central Hunan province, state media said.
The desperate effort to save 30 miners who have been trapped in a northern Turkish coal mine suffered a setback Wednesday, when officials announced that rescue workers had encountered rubble separating them from the victims.
Hundreds of rescue workers are racing to reach 30 miners, who have spent the last 24 hours trapped underground after an explosion rocked a coal mine in northern Turkey on Monday.
President Obama orders a review of mines with poor safety records after last week's fatal mine explosion.
West Virginia's governor on Tuesday named a former head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration to lead a state investigation into last week's coal mine explosion that left 29 miners dead.
Efforts were under way Sunday to reventilate a sprawling West Virginia coal mine so crews can recover the bodies of 22 miners who died in an explosion Monday, authorities said. Seven bodies were removed soon after the blast.
President Obama on Saturday urged a thorough investigation into a deadly explosion at a West Virginia coal mine that killed 29 people, hours after rescue efforts at the mine gave way to an operation to recover the dead.
Two West Virginia mining accidents within 17 days in January 2006 killed 14 people and prompted Congress to pass the most sweeping mine safety legislation in 29 years.
Air inside a West Virginia coal mine remains too dangerous for rescue crews to enter where four miners may be trapped.
Dozens of people were pulled out alive from a Chinese mine, more than a week after the mine was flooded.
The death toll in a flooded mine in northern China has risen to 12, and crews were working to rescue 26 miners who remain trapped, state media reported on Thursday.
An explosion at the Massey Energy Co. mine in Montcoal, West Virginia, killed at least 25 miners. The cause of the explosion had not been determined as rescuers worked Tuesday to bore ventilation holes into the Upper Big Branch Mine. This is a chronological list of notable coal mine accidents in the United States over the last century. The list is not all-inclusive. * December 6, 1907 -- Worst coal mine disaster in U.S. history: 362 miners are killed in an explosion at the Monongah Nos. 6 and 8 Coal Mines in Monongah, West Virginia.
Rescue teams entered a flooded mine in northern China on Saturday to help 153 workers trapped for almost a week, state-run media reported.
Two emergency teams worked Saturday to rescue 12 miners trapped inside a coal mine that caught fire in east China's Jiangxi Province, local officials told the state-run Xinhua news agency.
Twenty-six people were killed in a mine accident in central China's Hunan Province, state-run China Daily reported.
A mine collapse -- triggered by a methane explosion -- killed at least five people and injured nine Tuesday on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, officials said.
At least 56 people have been killed in two mine disasters in China this weekend.
A coal mine collapse in northeastern China killed at least 21 miners, the second fatal incident in less than a week, state-run media reported.
An official says eight miners are trapped in a mine in northern Sweden after a fire.
At least 18 miners have been killed in a mine collapse in northwestern China, state-run media reported Wednesday.
Twenty-seven miners were killed Saturday in a mine explosion in Xiaoyi, China.
Rescuers in Ukraine attempt to free more than a dozen coal miners who became trapped after a gas explosion. (No audio)
Rescue teams on Friday recovered more bodies following a powerful gas explosion at the Xinyao Coal Mine in northern China's Shanxi province, bringing the death toll 105, according to China's state-run Xinhua news agency.
Rescue work continued as the number of dead in a massive gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China continues to rise.
A powerful gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China's Shanxi province killed at least 46 people and left at least 50 others trapped early Thursday, local safety officials said, according to China's Xinhua news agency.
All 27 miners were rescued five hours after a landslide blocked the main entrance. No one was seriously hurt.
A landslide at a makeshift mine in southern Colombia kills at least 21 people and injures more than 20 others.
Gold mine rescue
updated: Thu Oct 04 2007 16:54:00
CNN's Robyn Curnow reports workers trapped for more than a day underground are excited to return to the surface.
A coalition of news media organizations has filed suit in an effort to get the government investigation into the Crandall Canyon mine accident opened to the public.
A sixth bore hole drilled into a space where six Utah miners were thought to be trapped found that the chamber contained no space where the men could have survived, an attorney representing some of the miners' families told CNN.
Lawmakers in Washington announced twin probes into safety at the Utah mine where six miners were trapped and three rescuers were killed
Rescuers trying to find six miners will begin boring a sixth hole down into Utah's Crandall Canyon mine Friday, and the search will stop if no signs of life are found, the coal mine's co-owner said.
Utah mine families speak out
A Chinese Cabinet minister sought Wednesday to portray a mining accident that left 181 miners trapped and presumed dead as a natural disaster, deflecting criticism that more could have been done to save the workers.
With six trapped coal miners all but left for dead in a crumbling mountain, families and friends vented their frustration at the mine's owner Tuesday and asked: Was it too dangerous to be working there in the first place?
A panel of experts said the Crandall Canyon coal mine is so unstable that it would be "unacceptable" to resume digging through it to save six trapped miners.
Distressed family members shouted and scuffled with guards after a third day without word on 172 miners trapped in a flooded mine in eastern China, where rescue crews began pumping water Sunday.
Rescuers raced Saturday to pump water out of two coal mines flooded by a rain-swollen river in eastern China, where 181 miners were missing and feared dead.
More than 180 trapped miners in China have slim hopes of survival as the shafts they were working in are almost completely filled with the raging waters from a broken levee.
Rescue workers said they detected a noise Wednesday night -- though it's unclear what it was -- deep inside the Utah mine where six men have been trapped for nine days.
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