Article 4J2QW Dozens killed in DRC Glencore copper mine accident

Dozens killed in DRC Glencore copper mine accident

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Jillian Ambrose
from World news | The Guardian on (#4J2QW)

At least 36 illegal miners killed by collapse in open excavation pit

At least 36 illegal miners are believed to have died in a copper mine owned by Glencore in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday.

The miners were killed when two 'galleries' overlooking an open excavation pit collapsed at the same mining site which claimed six lives in 2016.

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