What are ‘rat miners’? Controversial specialists brought in for final ...
WEBNov 28, 2023 · The technique dubbed “rat-hole mining” has been used to dig through the final stretch of fallen rocks and debris and reach the workers, who have remained trapped in the collapsed tunnel in...
Rat-hole mining - Wikipedia
WEBRat-hole mining or Rat mining[1] is a process of digging employed in North East India to extract coal, where a narrow hole is manually dug by extraction workers.
How India's 'rat-hole' miners freed 41 tunnel workers - BBC
WEBNov 29, 2023 · They call them manual excavators, who go into tight spaces to clean and carry out repairs - most of the so-called 'rat-hole" miners at the tunnel worked in cities fixing water and sewer pipes.
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: India’s hero ‘rat hole miners’ who …
WEBDec 6, 2023 · Known locally as “rat hole miners”, they belong to a niche group of highly skilled, but poorly paid excavators who typically crawl through narrow tunnels to extract coal from deep within the...
41 men rescued from India tunnel by "rat miners" 17 days after …
WEBNov 29, 2023 · After more than 2 weeks of fruitless rescue efforts with heavy machinery in India, a team of "rat miners" managed to reach the men trapped in a tunnel in just a day.
How rat miners rescued workers from Indian tunnel after 17 days
WEBNov 29, 2023 · After machines broke down, rat miners successfully rescued 41 workers trapped in India’s Uttarakhand tunnel.
How 'rat miners' rescued trapped workers from India tunnel
WEBSILKYARA, India, Nov 28 (Reuters) - When heavy machinery broke down trying to break through the debris trapping 41 workers in a tunnel in the Indian Himalayas, authorities called in a group of...
‘Rat hole’ miners to the rescue: how trapped India tunnel workers …
WEBNov 29, 2023 · “Rat-hole” mining is a hazardous and controversial method used extensively in the northeastern state of Meghalaya to extract thin seams of coal before an environmental court in 2014 banned...
'Rat miners' burrow to rescue 41 men stuck in Indian tunnel
WEBNov 28, 2023 · SILKYARA, India, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Rescuers on Monday brought in "rat miners" to drill through a narrow pipe and help pull out 41 construction workers trapped in a tunnel in the Indian...
When the machinery broke, 'rat-hole miners' dug by hand to …
WEBNov 29, 2023 · Rat-hole mining is a hazardous and controversial method used in the north-eastern state of Meghalaya to extract thin seams of coal. It has been banned by environmental authorities because of environmental damage and many fatalities, but remains common in small mines that take advantage of loopholes allowing the transportation of coal.