Tehran 8 February _The Pentagon confirmed this week that it has, for the first time, armed some of its submarines with long-range nuclear missiles which have a lower destructive power compared with existing warheads. These so-called “mini-nukes” represent – despite the diminutive-sounding name – an increased risk of nuclear war.
TEHRAN, Jun 23 - Striking workers employed by the world's top copper producer were set to continue their walkout on Saturday after voting down a management offer of better wages and compensation.
TEHRAN, Jun 10 - As many as nine people were killed, while ten more were wounded, as a mine collapsed on Sunday in the Chinese northeastern province of Jilin, Konggang Economic Development Zone's administration said in a statement.
TEHRAN, May 28 - At least nine mine rs died in Zimbabwe following blasts in a shaft north of the capital Harare where they were illegally digging for gold, police said Tuesday.
TEHRAN, Apr 24 - More than 50 people were feared to have been killed in Myanmar when jade mine rs and machinery were buried under a mound of tailings late on Monday, a member of parliament and a rescue worker said.
TEHRAN, Feb 27 - Indonesian officials said on Wednesday dozens of rescuers were using spades and ropes to dig out more than 60 people who were feared buried by the collapse of an illegal gold mine on the island of Sulawesi that killed at least three.
TEHRAN, Jan 6 - At least 30 Afghans were killed on Sunday when the tunnel they were digging in to mine gold in northern Afghanistan collapsed, officials said.
TEHRAN, Jan 4 - Indian rescuers trying to reach a group of mine rs trapped in a remote and illegal "rat-hole" coal mine are struggling to pump out water from the 370-foot-deep pit, further dimming their chances of survival more than three weeks into their ordeal.
TEHRAN, December 23 - Rescuers have found nine dead construction workers after a fire in a mine in Russia operated by potash maker Uralkali, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday.
TEHRAN, November 22 - South Africa's largest gold producer, Sibanye-Stillwater, on Thursday said one of its employees was shot dead in a violent strike that shuttered all three of its mine s.
TEHRAN, September 18 - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte repeated his call on Monday to shut all mine s in the country following deadly landslides, hours after his minister halted all small-scale mining in a mountainous gold-rich region.
TEHRAN, July 16 - Four mine rs were killed and six injured on Monday when the roof of a coal mine in western Georgia collapsed, the country's interior ministry said.
TEHRAN, July 11 - A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced managers and employees of a mine in western Turkey to between six and 22 years in prison for the deaths of 301 mine rs in the country's worst mining disaster.
TEHRAN, June 05 - According to the CCTV channel, the incident occurred in the Nanfen district of Benxi City in Liaoning province about at 16:10 local time.
TEHRAN, February 27 - Iran’s foreign investment reached $2.7 billion in industry, mine and trade fields over the first none months of Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2017- December 22, 2017).
TEHRAN, January 19 - Iran has approved $8.2 billion foreign investment in 139 projects in the fields of industry, mine and trade since Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with P5+1.