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Slovenia: twelve miners injured in Velenje

At the only coal mine operating in the country

26 July, 11:23
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, JUL 26 - Twelve miners were slightly injured when a stope at the Velenje coal mine, in Slovenia, collapsed on Monday, but they were able to escape the pit on their own. They were all referred to the community health centre, the company running the mine, said, quoted by the Slovenian news agency STA. Eleven miners were hurt in the most recent incident in the mine in September 2019. The Velenje mine, Slovenia's sole operating coal mine, will close as the nation prepares to phase out coal by 2033. However, the plans could change in light of the energy crisis, STA noted. (ANSA).

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