The opening text in the new drama The 33 reminds viewers that approximately 12, link 000 miners die in
mining accidents every year.
Not exact matches
Such factors include, among others, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current and future exploration activities; the actual results of reclamation activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; meeting various expected cost estimates; changes in project parameters and / or economic assessments as plans continue to be refined; future prices of metals; possible variations of mineral grade or recovery rates; the risk that actual costs may exceed estimated costs; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated;
accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the
mining industry; political instability; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled «Risk Factors» in the Company's Annual Information Form for the
year ended December 31, 2017 dated March 15, 2018.
Prices for the metal have been depressed in the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear
accident in Japan, but the situation got so bad this
year that Cameco, the world's largest publicly traded uranium miner, had to suspend production at multiple
mines.
These include adequate uranium supply (probably necessitating immense uranium strip
mines in Tennessee), almost inconceivable reactor and waste - transport
accidents, low - level radiation effects from normal plant operations, and the burden of guarding both radioactive waste and outdated but radioactive nuclear plants for thousands of
years.
After my freshman
year, a good friend of
mine died in a hiking
accident, and as a result, I thought that I should reconsider my life goals.
It was America's worst
mine accident in 40
years.
When it's not horrific
mining accidents like the one in Soma, Turkey, on May 13 that killed more than 300 miners, it's the 13,000 Americans who die early each
year because of air pollution from burning the dirtiest fossil fuel.
«THE 33» opens with the cheerful news that 12,000 people are killed every
year in
mining accidents around the world.
The story
mines territory familiar to Picoult — family, memory and identity — as it follows 13 -
year - old Jenna Metcalf, whose mother Alice (a scientist specializing in elephant behavior) went missing in the wake of a tragic
accident more than a decade ago.
How many thousands of people die every
year in coal
mining accidents?
I stumbled on this true tale about seven
years ago, when Jerry Krenach, a friend and Uncle Wade bandmate, mentioned in passing that a great grandfather of his from coal country in Pennsylvania, John Zalabonich, had died in a
mining accident.
Coal
mining is a dangerous occupation, with dozens of workplace
accident deaths in the U.S. each
year, on average.
A friend of
mine and I were in a bad car
accident 2
years ago.
For a number of
years Mr. White worked for insurance companies and large corporations defending them in personal injury cases, including auto and trucking
accidents, construction defect claims, insurance coverage, and
mining and other personal injury claims.