At least 36 people were feared dead at a jade mine in northern Myanmar after being swept into a lake by a huge landslide, a rescue worker and local journalist said on Monday. . -Today at 05:52 am- MarketScreener
The accident happened Sunday in the remote town of Hpakant, the centre of Myanmar s secretive jade industry, where scavengers risk their lives picking through unstable earth and rubble excavated by mining companies, searching for small pieces of the semi-precious stone.
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