NEWS: Breaking: Uranium Mine Collapses in DR Congo

The BBC are reporting that a uranium mine has collapsed in DR congo, and that at least 9 people have been killed. The uranium mine has been officially closed since 1960, and authorities then filled the main shaft with uranium to block digging. An estimated 6,000 miners still labored in the area despite the ban, most drawn by the cobalt ore also in the soil there.



[edit on 12-7-2004 by Zion Mainframe]

[edit on 12-7-2004 by Zion Mainframe]

Thanks for bulking out the topic a bit =) I've been searching, google.com and news.yahoo.com have no reports of this yet.

BBC article;
Here

30 seems like alot for an "Illegal" mining operation. Wonder if they were after something else?

i've seen these things on documentaries before.. They are mining for parts for mobile phones which sell for a fair bit of money.. they illegally ship them out of the country and get sold on to legit companies