Tag: Mine
Pickup plunges into old mine in Phuket, woman killed
PHUKET: A 50-year-old woman was killed when a pickup she was driving plunged from a slippery road into a large pond at the site of [Read More…]
Five elephants found dead in sinkhole in Kanchanaburi
The decomposed remains of five elephants have been found in a sinkhole at old abandoned mine in a forest reserve in Thong Pha Phum district [Read More…]
At Least 113 Killed As Myanmar Jade Mine Collapse Buries Workers
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed at least 113 people, with more feared dead, authorities said on Thursday, [Read More…]
Chiang Rai prepares to retake defunct mine
CHIANG RAI, 9 November 2017 (NNT) – Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and relevant agencies have banded together to sieze a [Read More…]
Australian mining firm resorts to arbitration proceedings against Thai government
Kingsgate Consolidated Limited, the major shareholder of Akara Resources Plc, has decided to resort to the arbitration proceedings against the Thai government in order to [Read More…]
Thai army chief insists border landmines planted by others, not Thais
BANGKOK. March 8 – Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha stood firm today that the landmines on the common border with Cambodia in Thailand’s northeastern Surin province, [Read More…]
At least 50 wounded as Myanmar cracks down on anti-mine protest
At least 50 people were injured, mostly from burns, when police broke up a demonstration at a Chinese-run copper mine in northwestern Myanmar yesterday. Opposition [Read More…]
Buddhists plea with UN to prevent mining in Afghanistan
Buddhist organisations on Tuesday submitted a plea to the UN and Unesco to help save the ancient Buddhist remains at Afghanistan’s Mes Aynak, where mining [Read More…]
