Plans for recovery teams to enter the Pike River Coal mine have again been delayed by unsafe gas levels.
27/05/2011
The families of the Pike River Coal victims say they want a reconnaissance to recover the bodies of the 29 men who lay entombed in the mine.
20/05/2011
A second body has been seen in footage shot inside the Pike River coal mine, according to the families of the victims.
The audit of coal mines in New Zealand following the Pike River Coal mine tragedy has found two mines are not compliant with health and safety regulations.
13/05/2011
Solid Energy has confirmed it is one of the bidders for the embattled Pike River Coal mine on the west coast of New Zealand where 29 men lost their lives in November.
06/05/2011
A local union says the New Zealand government owes it to the men who were killed in the Pike River Coal mine to improve workplace safety.
MineARC Systems has launched the HRM6-PLP (Hard Rock Mine, 6 Person, Powerless-Portable), a new underground refuge chamber model in its Powerless-Portable range.
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