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Arab Potash has several Dead Sea-area affiliates and subsidiary projects, including: Arab Fertilizers & Chemicals Industries (KEMAPCO) Established in 1998, KEMAPCO is a limited liability company wholly owned by APC. KEMAPCO produces potassium nitrate fertilizer (of which it supplies around 12% of world's total demand), dicalcium phosphate ...
The Monongah mining disaster was a coal mine explosion on December 6, 1907, at Fairmont Coal Company's Nos. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia, which killed 362 miners. It has been described as "the worst mining disaster in American history" [ 1 ] and was one of the contributing events that led to the creation of the United States Bureau ...
Twenty-two people were trapped in the mine. [6] The explosion occurred at a depth of 250 m (820 ft). [7] According to IRNA, the explosion occurred after a methane gas leak. Twenty-eight people who evacuated the mine were hospitalized. [8] All of the workers were either at blocks B or C of the mine during the explosion.
Mining accidents can occur from a variety of causes, including leaks of poisonous gases such as hydrogen sulfide [2] or explosive natural gases, especially firedamp or methane, [3] dust explosions, collapsing of mine stopes, mining-induced seismicity, flooding, or general mechanical errors from improperly used or malfunctioning mining equipment (such as safety lamps or electrical equipment).
The death toll from a massive landslide that hit a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines has risen to 54 with 63 people still missing, authorities said Sunday. The landslide hit the ...
Coal Mine explosion: Casualties; 78 dead: The Farmington Mine disaster was an explosion that happened at approximately 5:30 a.m ... Map showing location and size of ...
The Upper Big Branch Mine disaster occurred on April 5, 2010, roughly 1,000 feet (300 m) underground in Raleigh County, West Virginia at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch coal mine located in Montcoal. 29 out of 31 at the site were killed. [1]
Eastern shaft of the Zasyadko coal mine. Local cemetery seen on the foreground is the burial place for most of the victims. Location of Donetsk (red) and Donetsk Oblast (pink) on the map of Ukraine. The 2007 Zasyadko mine disaster was a mining accident that happened on November 18, 2007 at the Zasyadko coal mine (Ukrainian: Шахта ім.