Jade mine in Kachin state

This photo taken on August 13, 2023 and received courtesy of Tarlin Mg via Facebook on August 14 shows rescue workers at the site of a deadly landslide at an unregulated jade mine near northern Kachin's Hpakant township. Photo: Tarlin Mg/AFP
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17 August 2023
Death toll from Myanmar jade mine landslide hits at least 31
This photo taken on August 13, 2023 and received courtesy of Tarlin Mg via Facebook on August 14 shows people looking at the site of a deadly landslide at an unregulated jade mine near northern Kachin's Hpakant township. Photo: AFP
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15 August 2023
At least 25 missing after Myanmar jade mine...
At least 25 people are missing after a landslide at an unregulated jade mine in a remote...
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23 December 2021
Images of landslide at Myanmar jade mine that...
Images from a jade mine in northern Myanmar after a landslide occurred that has rescuers...
People watch as rescuers prepare to search for missing miners following a landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin state on December 22, 2021. (Photo by AFP)
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23 December 2021
Fading light halts search for dozens missing...
Fading light forced Myanmar rescuers to call off a search for dozens of people feared...
Workers use heavy earth-excavators at the Hpa Kant jade mining area, Kachin State, northern Myanmar. Photo: La Min Tun/EPA
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02 October 2020
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Workers use heavy earth-excavators at the Hpa Kant jade mining area, Kachin State, northern Myanmar. Photo: La Min Tun/EPA
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22 October 2019
International mining body calls on Myanmar to...
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) an international watchdog on the...
Miners search for jade stones inside the HpaKant jade mining area, Kachin State, northern Myanmar, 16 July 2019. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
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29 July 2019
At least 13 killed in Myanmar jade mine landslide
At least 13 jade mine workers and security guards in northern Myanmar were killed in a...
Search and rescue personnel looking for miners at a jade mine following a landslide in Hpakant, Kachin state on April 23, 2019. Photo: MOI
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24 April 2019
More than 50 feared killed in landslide at...
More than 50 people were feared dead after a landslide in northern Myanmar engulfed jade...
(File) A veiw of Hpa Kant jade mining area where a landslide (C) occured in Kachin State, northern Myanmar, 14 July 2018. Photo: Si Thu MKN
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12 February 2019
Six jade scavengers die in cliff collapse
Six jade scavengers died when a 150-foot cliff wall collapsed midday Sunday at a jade...
Workers use heavy earth-excavators at the Hpa Kant jade mining area, Kachin State, northern Myanmar. Photo:EPA
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21 November 2018
Myanmar jade scavenger shot dead in mine clash
A jade scavenger in northern Myanmar has been shot dead by mine security, officials said...