A worker for Sinopec's Addax Petroleum was missing after an oil tank exploded in Gabon, the company said on Sunday.

Mining operations at Papua New Guinea's Ok Tedi copper mine remain suspended on Monday following the tragic death of a worker from a rock fall, just two weeks after operations recommenced.

The Geita District Administrative Secretary, Mr Gasper Kanyairita, told the ‘Daily News’ that the victims’ death came a few months after authorities warned over the safety of the pit.

Russia's technical watchdog, Rostekhnadzor, said on Tuesday it had not found any serious breaches of safety regulations at an Arctic coal mine where an accident killed 36 miners and rescue workers

The 26 miners who were trapped in a Russian coal mine above the Arctic circle have died and rescue operations have been halted after a third blast underground killed several rescue workers, emergen

Newcrest Mining suspended all mining and processing at its Gosowong operation in Indonesia after the underground section of the gold mine was damaged by a cave-in late on Monday, which trapped one

Rescuers have successfully lifted out 4 miners who had been trapped for 36 days after a gypsum mine collapsed in Pingyi County, east China's Shandong Province in late December.

A chemical plant in Taichung of central Taiwan caught fire Monday morning, with two workers missing, local media said.

Rescuers have found eight survivors five days after a mine collapse in east China's Shandong Province, rescuers confirmed Wednesday.

At least 13 people died when an old gold mine they were working in collapsed in eastern Guinea, a local official said on Monday.