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The Kinross mine disaster (16 September 1986) resulted in the deaths of 177 miners and the injury of 235 others, [1] making it one of the largest mining incidents in South Africa. [ 1 ] The disaster occurred at the Kinross gold mine when welding set alight an acetylene cylinder.
The Padmanabhaswamy temple treasure is a collection of valuable objects including gold thrones, crowns, coins, statues and ornaments, diamonds and other precious stones. It was discovered in some of the subterranean vaults of the Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, in the Indian state of Kerala, when five of its six (or possibly eight) vaults were opened on 27 June 2011.
Once the flash fire subsided, a jet fire remained at the leaking area of the overturned bullet tank. During search and rescue attempts were made in fire-impacted houses. [3] Ten minutes after the onset of the fire, the LPG bullet tank, heated and weakened by the jet fire, ruptured and a severe boiling-liquid expanding-vapor explosion (BLEVE ...
The fire originated at the sector one. There were pocklines and excavators but no manpower to operate them. Garbages on the road made it impossible for fire rescue vehicles to pass to the spot. [6] This was the fifth time that the garbage dump caught fire at Bhrahmapuram, but this time the condition of this fire was serious.
The fire took place at approximately 03:30 IST (22:00 UTC) when an explosion occurred in a stash of firecrackers stored in the temple for upcoming Vishu celebrations. [12] The fireworks involved in this fireworks accident was known locally as Amittu , which fell into the stash after being lit during the firework celebrations. [ 13 ]
The Niger gold mine collapse occurred on 7 November 2021 when a manually dug well collapsed at the Garin-Liman mining area of Maradi region, Niger. [1] The day of the mine disaster left 18 people dead on the spot, 7 injured and hospitalised, and dozens of miners buried underground waiting to be rescued.
At least 31 people are suspected to have died in a methane gas explosion at a disused gold mine in South Africa around the third week of May in 2023. [3] [2] [4] [5] [6]The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) reported late on 22 June 2023 that the miners had died in a mining shaft at the abandoned Virginia mine in Welkom, Free State.
English: This chart shows the nominal price of gold along with the price in 1971 and 2011 dollars (adjusted based on the consumer price index). The historical gold price was obtained from www.igolder.com; CPI was obtained from www.rateinflation.com.