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One miner rescued, search for another continues

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One miner has already been found and taken to hospital after a 15-hour long rescue operation at the Bielszowice mine, southern Poland, following a Saturday morning tremor. The search for a second miner continues.

PM sends condolences to families of mining accident victims

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Moraiecki has forwarded condolences to the families of two miners killed in an accident in the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in southern Poland on Thursday.

Two miners killed after underground accident

Two miners were killed in an accident in the Mysłowice-Wesoła coal mine in southern Poland on Thursday, the city's mayor has said.

Over 400 miners hold underground protest

The number of miners of the Polish Mining Group (PGG) holding an underground protest has grown to over 400 according to unionists.

Polish Mining Group says virus outbreak at mines ending

The Polish Mining Group (PGG) said on Thursday that the situation regarding large-scale coronavirus infections among miners is getting much better, as 78 percent of infected miners have so far recovered.

Polish PM expects high infection count among miners as tests progress

Coal mines are particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus and the government expects high numbers of detected infections in the next 8-10 days, Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki said on Tuesday.

Over 3,600 miners test positive for coronavirus

The total number of miners confirmed with coronavirus infection stood at 3,640 on Tuesday morning, coal companies are still receiving the results of large-scale coronavirus testing, information provided by sanitary services coal industries has shown.

PGG miners sign 6-pct wage hike deal with management

Unionists at Polish Mining Group (PGG) signed a six-percent wage hike agreement with company management on Friday, following short negotiations carried out on Thursday, aided by a deputy prime minister.

Missing Rudna miner dead

A miner sought by rescue teams after a Friday tremor in the Rudna copper mine in southwestern Poland is dead, the mine-owning KGHM copper company has informed.

PM, President mark Wujek coal pit massacre

PM Mateusz Morawiecki on Monday in Katowice, southern Poland, commemorated the 38th anniversary of the December 1981 Wujek massacre, in which communist riot police killed nine protesting miners in the city's Wujek coal mine.

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