Deadly Georgian mine accident spotlights workers' safety problems
Late on January 30, a coal mine explosion rocked Tkibuli, a small town in western Georgia, leaving one worker dead and eight others injured
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Eignt injured in coal mine explosion in Tkibuli mining town
One miner died and eight more were injured in a coal mine explosion in western Georgia's Tkibuli town late at night on January 30. The eight injured workers were admitted to the hospital in Tbilisi today. A total of five …
Mine collapses in Georgia
Two people are under the rubble as a result of the rubble collapse at a coal mine in the Georgian city of Tkibuli, the Emergency Management Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia informs. According to preliminary …
Miners on strike in Georgia's Tkibuli protesting halved salaries
Nine miners in Georgia’s Tkibuli municipality are on strike in a mine refusing to come out, protesting against receiving the halved salaries in January. Tamaz Dolaberidze of the Georgian Trade Unions Confederation said that due to …
Miners in Tkibuli given back pay
The new owner of the Tkibuli mines, Steel International Trade Company, has fully paid the salaries of miners formerly on strike demanding back pay, Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava announced. Turnava …
Gakharia urges employers to pay salaries to Tkibuli miners
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, speaking at the government meeting today, raised the issue of miners' protest in Tkibuli. "Today we start the meeting by discussing the recent developments in …
Miners rally in Georgia's Tkibuli
Up to 30 miners went to the mine in Georgia’s Tkibuli municipality and have plans to stay there until their employer gives them and others their salaries and the government decides on the fate of mines. Work has been …
Georgians' votes to be counted by electronic means at eight polling stations
During the mid-term elections on May 19, the electronic counting of votes will be conducted at eight polling stations in Tkibuli and Tskhaltubo (Imereti region), the CEC press secretary, Anna Mikeladze, informed. …
China to open jacket-making factory in Georgia's Tkibuli
A new jacket-making factory will be opened in Georgia's Tkibuli soon to make top quality jackets for local as well as international markets, the Georgian government said. As announced, the factory will produce jackets for world …
Georgia mourns victims of Tkibuli mine accident
Georgia's Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze said that mourning was declared in Georgia on July 16 due to the tragedy in Mindeli coal mine earlier this morning. "I express my wholehearted condolences to the …
Four mine workers died in Georgia
Four miners have died and six have received heavy injuries as a result of a methane explosion in Mindeli coal mine in Tkibuli this morning. The MIA suggested the methane explosion caused a deformation in the walls inside the mine …
Ilham Aliyev expresses condolences to Margvelashvili over Tkibuli coal mine accident
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev sent his condolences to his Georgian counterpart Giorgi Margvelashvili in connection with death of miners in the Tkibuli region. "I'm deeply saddened by news …
Six miners killed by collapsed rock in Georgia's Tkibuli
Six miners have been killed in an accident at the Mindeli coal mine in Tkibuli in Georgia's Imereti region, the Georgian Interior Ministry said. According to the Interior Ministry, the accident occurred early on Thursday …
Margvelashvili and Kvirikashvili offer condolences to families of miners affected
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili released a statement, offering condolences to the families of the miners, who died in the accident in the Georgian town of Tkibuli. "It is hard to find words to express the …
Georgian Interior Ministry to investigate accident at coalmine
The Georgian Interior Ministry will investigate the accident in the Mindeli coal mine in the Georgian town of Tkibuli, where several miners died after falling in one of the mines from a great height.
Miners' strike in Tkibuli ends
More than a thousand miners of the 'Gruzugol GIG' holding in the town of Tkibuli (Imereti region, Western Georgia) have decided to end the strike they started 16 days ago. They demanded higher wages and better working conditions. …