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Peoples Dispatch
Mining Companies in DRC Warned Against Confining Workers at Mining Sites
13 Jun 2020
Global mining companies operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been accused by trade unions of violating workers’ rights in the name of the coronavirus pandemic.
Peoples Dispatch
South African Court Permits NUMSA to Supply Food to Striking Workers of Lanxess Chrome
19 Mar 2020
Workers had begun a sit-in strike underground in Lanxess’s Rustenburg mine on February 17 against various issues, including sexual harassment and the exploitation of contract workers at the mine.
Peoples Dispatch
South Africa’s Largest Mining Union Seeks Wage Hike From Industry Giants
16 Sep 2019
The union’s demand of a phased wage hike for mine workers, along with other health and housing benefits, is in light of the windfall gains accrued by the mining companies due to soaring prices of the…
Peoples Dispatch
Dozens Trapped In The Collapse Of a Makeshift Gold Mine In Indonesia
02 Mar 2019
38 workers are confirmed to be trapped, with fears of even more buried, inside a makeshift gold mine in Sulawesi in eastern Indonesia, highlighting the dangerous shadow sector of unlicensed mining in…
Peoples Dispatch
Four Killed in Pakistan Coal Mine Explosion
04 Jan 2019
The fatalities reported in Balochistan area point towards abysmal working conditions in coal mines in South Asia, as another serious incident was recently witnessed in the state of Meghalaya in India…
V. Arun Kumar / The Dawn News
Safety Violations and Contractualization Pushes Mine Workers to Death in Pakistan
12 May 2018
Apart from lack of safety standards, the mining industry is one of the most exploitative sector in terms of wages and socials security for workers in Pakistan.