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Kazakhstan in mourning after 36 killed at mine
3 years agoRelatives of miners sit at the Kostyenko ArcelorMittal coal mine building as a rescue operation continues following a mine fire in Karaganda, north-western Kazakhstan, on October 28, 2023. - Kazakhstan said on October 28, 2023 that 32 people died in a fire at an ArcelorMittal mine, with over a dozen still missing in the worst such disaster in years, prompting the nationalisation of the company's local affiliate. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)
Kazakhstan was in nationwide mourning Sunday after 36 people died in a fire at an ArcelorMittal mine, the worst such disaster in years which has prompted the nationalisation of the company's local affiliate.