DRC Mine Landslide Disaster: 80 Killed in Seconds

Nature RRT ^ | Nov 16, 2025 | Nature RRT

[Texas Fossil]

Best to stay away.

[stanne]

The kids around here shake their heads at dopey people my age going around in Teslas acting like they’re wearing clergy vestments

‘Cobalt mining in the Congo. When is that information going to come out.”

[Texas Fossil]

The EV failure is already happening.

They are just flogging an old horse to put off admitting it is a stupid idea. Totally un-economical.

Imagine the wrecking yards about 5 years from now. Full of this dead crap.

[NorthernDancer]

I’v been reading Cobalt Red by Siddharth Ka, who spent a lot of time in the Eastern Congo gathering information about artisanal mining. Very tragic situation.

[Bobbyvotes]

Yes, more deaths from workers falling from wind turbine towers than all the deaths from nuclear power plant accidents.

[vikingd00d]

>>Artisanal mining in the DRC

“Artisanal mining”... nice euphemism.

[mund1011]

Imagine the wrecking yards about 5 years from now.

+++++++++

Useless in the wrecking yard as well. A guy goes to the salvage yard to get parts (economically) to keep his vehicle roadworthy. No one will be salvaging these turds.

[Texas Fossil]

Agree.

A new battery will cost as much as the car.

They will give up on this. It makes no economic sense.

[Texas Fossil]

I guess it is like Artisan Bread. Very pretty, smells great, but very expensive.

Not many people buy them.

[Robert DeLong]

I'm not sure I fully comprehend your response. What move was stupid exactly?

Rereading my response and all of the typing issues, I wouldn't be surprised if you were unable to read what I meant to type, but didn't in several places. 😁🤙

My eyes were tired, and my proofreading was sorely lacking in competence. 😁🤙

[Texas Fossil]

Sorry, if often type fast and don’t proof read well enough.

What I meant, their decision about the risk was not sane.

The post I made about background is the revealing part of the post.

Desperation. voids all reason.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

the minning collapse in Chile in 2010 that trapped 33 miners, and only one was finally resuced

All 33 trapped miners were rescued after 69 days underground.

[Robert DeLong]

Oh okay, that proves that I was unable to continue with the movie. Just gave me the creeps. Glad I was mistaken. I misunderstood my wife's answer or she misunderstood my question when I asked her if that was the only one that made it out, and she said yes. She ia very hard of hearing anymore, so I suspect she didn't hear my quastion correctly.

Either way, thanks for clearing that up for me, because that at least helps me deal with what really happened, though 2 months trapped undeground was bad enough for me.

Thanks again. 😁🤙

[HartleyMBaldwin]

One of the miners did escape at the time of the collapse, so maybe that was what your wife was referring to.

I remember the incident and was watching the rescue on TV when the 33 were finally brought to the surface. Never saw the movie.

[aquila48]

What’s an artisanal mine?

[Organic Panic]

The Chinese mine owners don’t care.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

It’s a mine where the ore just comes up out of the ground on its own.

[wafflehouse]

Artisanal mining

really, 'artisanal'?

[Robert DeLong]

Could be I guess.

[lurk]

The next auto energy source is hydrogen. It’s // this close.