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November 23, 2010

Few Mining Changes Since 2008 Report, Following Deaths

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Ms Wilkinson said there was no reason to believe New Zealand mines were any less safe than Australian ones. "My advice is they're generally of a similar [...]
November 23, 2010

NZ Miner, 17, 'couldn't Wait' To Start Job

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Dunbar is the youngest of the group of 29 miners who have not been heard from since an explosion in the mine, northeast of Greymouth on the South Island, [...]
November 23, 2010

Still No Word On Fate Of NZ Miners

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MARK COLVIN: For the families of 29 miners trapped underground at New Zealand's Greymouth mine, the agonising wait goes on and there's still no word as to [...]
November 23, 2010

Robot Breakdown Delays Rescue Of Trapped NZ Miners

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Rescuers had another setback Tuesday when a team boring a narrow passage to an area deep underground where the miners might be struck hard rock that slowed [...]
November 23, 2010

Asian Shares Fall; Pike River Blast Hits NZ Oil & Gas

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In New Zealand, investors remained focused on the plight of 29 trapped miners at Pike River Coal's remote mine on New Zealand's South Island, following an [...]
November 23, 2010

New Zealand Mine Tragedy Hits Day Five

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On Friday November 19, an explosion trapped 29 men in the New Zealand Pine Rivers mine, only two miners escaped and there has been no sign or communication [...]
November 23, 2010

Pike River Weighs On All Blacks Minds

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Like many South Islanders, All Blacks assistant coach Smith recognised some of the miners' names, while New Zealand Rugby Union president John Sturgeon, [...]
November 21, 2010

All Blacks, Black Caps Send Messages Of Support

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go out to the miners and their families," captain Richie McCaw said. New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) chief executive Steve Tew said having NZRU president [...]
November 23, 2010

Extreme Heat, Fireball In NZ Mine Blast

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David Cliff also said the probability of miners surviving an underground blast begins to decrease rapidly after the explosion, the NZ Herald reported. [...]
November 23, 2010

Oops: David Koch's Twitter Gaffe At NZ Mining Disaster

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While the rest of the Sunrise team is off spending a week in Hawaii, David Koch is in New Zealand covering the trapped miners disaster — but don't worry, [...]
November 23, 2010

Warning Time May Be Running Out For Mine Workers

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There has been no communication with the miners and contractors at the horizontal mine at Atarau, near Greymouth, since a methane gas explosion cut power [...]
November 23, 2010

NZ Miners May Not Have Survived Blast

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AP AP GREYMOUTH, New Zealand -- Police acknowledged for the first time Monday that some of the 29 miners trapped underground for three days by a gas [...]
November 23, 2010

Explosions Negate Effects Of Cutting

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Rescue crews in NZ have acknowledged for the first time that the 29 miners may not have survived the blast. AUSTRALIA is widely recognised as having the [...]
November 23, 2010

NZ Miners May Not Have Survived

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Rescue crews in NZ have acknowledged for the first time that the 29 miners may not have survived the blast. THE paint has cracked and peeled on the emphatic [...]
November 21, 2010

Fears Of Second Mine Explosion As Australian's Family Flies To NZ

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New Zealand police confirmed the nationalities of the 29 miners, aged 17 to 62, who are trapped: 24 New Zealanders, two Australians, two Britons and one [...]
November 23, 2010

Robot Breakdown Delays Rescue Of Trapped NZ Miners

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The bid to rescue 29 New Zealand coal miners trapped underground by a massive gas explosion for nearly five days hit new problems Tuesday as a mechanical [...]
November 23, 2010

Otago: Valley Thrives Under Eagle's Gaze

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Twelve years ago, when New Zealand's largest gold mining company, OceanaGold, sought to expand its operation at Macraes, one of the main concerns to emerge [...]
November 23, 2010

NZ Miners May Not Have Survived

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Rescue crews in NZ have acknowledged for the first time that the 29 miners may not have survived the blast. An experienced Australian miner missing in the [...]
November 23, 2010

Key Rejects Aust

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It was revealed yesterday that the trapped Pike River coal miners have access to both fresh water and air. The only food they would have is whatever they [...]
November 23, 2010

Breakfast: Tuesday November 23

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Breakfast speaks to Dr David Penny, an international expert on coal mine gases, about the toxic situation the miners could be facing inside the Pike River [...]
November 21, 2010

Pike Mine Blast: Faces Of The Trapped Miners

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Peter Rodger - Peter moved from Scotland to New Zealand two years ago to be closer to his mother and sister, and lives with his Kiwi girlfriend Dianne [...]
November 23, 2010

Family Torn By Mine Disaster

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by Greer McDonald Greer McDonald works for New Zealand's largest news website stuff.co.nz - Fairfax New Zealand. The effort to rescue 29 miners trapped in [...]
November 21, 2010

Rescue Mission To Free Trapped NZ Miners

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Rescue mission to free trapped NZ miners. November 20, 2010 - 7:04AM. NZPA. New Zealand emergency services hope to mount a rescue on Saturday for 29 miners [...]
November 21, 2010

No Contact From Trapped NZ Miners - RT

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20 Nov 2010 Efforts to rescue 29 men trapped in a New Zealand coal mine face further delay after authorities said a new shaft to test air quality would [...]
November 21, 2010

FoxNews.com - Rescuers To Drill Hole At New Zealand Coal Mine

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20 Nov 2010 It is New Zealand's largest underground coal mine. As we saw in the case of the Chilean mine, 33 miners did get out alive," he said. [...]

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