This year, the failure to reach agreement has not been without benefits for the miners.
Last year, the death of 15 miners was said to be Ghana's worst such disaster.
Miners became exposed to high levels of radon and suffered increased rates of lung cancer.
Gold Miners ETF (GDX) also saw a nice snap back with 7% of gains on Monday.
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All exporters are grumbling, but miners, despite efforts to hedge against currency swings, seem especially pained.
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Benefiting the most from increasing gold price have been the miners of the precious metal.
Another 13 miners were rescued after the explosion at 22:40 (14:40 GMT) on Friday.
During the last big decline, in 2008 and 2009, miners cut exploration budgets by 40%.
Lorries carrying coal were running the gauntlet of striking miners picketing the colliery gates.
"It is an abandoned pit that has attracted a lot of illegal miners, " said Mr Owusu-Ashia.
The miners used front-loader machines that were not damaged in the collapse to clear the rubble.
Medical and rescue personnel will be in place to start extracting and treating the miners.
Dozens of Utah coal miners picketed outside the doors of the annual meeting in downtown Omaha.
Commodities prices are volatile, and the industries that service miners are used to ups and downs.
The miners also are seen listening to merengue music by Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra.
In Europe, shares of big manufacturing companies and miners declined on weak euro-zone and U.S. data.
Miners were among the 43 protesters who were injured, and 33 police also were hurt.
But bitcoin miners say thieves will struggle to keep up, as coin-generating technology becomes more sophisticated.
Bitcoin is facing fresh scrutiny after a report revealed the power requirements of the currency's miners.
By 1990, there were just six pits left in south Wales and less than 3, 000 miners.
Many miners are also having trouble getting the yellow metal out of the ground.
In 2010, 33 miners were trapped in a copper mine in the same region.
Nystrom recommends several gold miners in his newsletter, grouping them by their risk characteristics.
Mr. Unsworth was born in 1930 to a family of miners in a small English village.
Mr and Mrs Palmer tackled flooding at Swillington Miners Sports and Social Club on 10 June.
Or, you can look at something like the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDX).
In 1984, the coal miners union of Arthur Scargill went on strike for nearly a year.
But because he didn't want all the attention, Brandon wasn't there when the miners emerged.
Also, gold miners have faced higher labor and energy costs as well as increased capital expenditures.
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We recognise that ex-coal miners and steel workers can work in modern industrial centres.
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