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Chinese Mine Owner Commits Suicide After Deadly Collapse Of Mine

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The owner of Chinese gypsum mine that collapsed Friday, killing one worker and leaving two dozen others trapped, committed suicide early Sunday, China’s state-run news service reported. The news service, Xinhua, identified the owner as Ma Congbo.

Ma was president of Yurong Commerce and Trade Ltd. Co. and owner of the mine in Shangdong Province, south of Bejing, the Associated Press reported.

Ma was working alongside hundreds of rescue workers when, at 2 a.m., he leaped into a well and
drowned, according to the AP and Xinhua.

The cause of the collapse, which occurred just before 8 p.m. Friday, remains under investigation, Xinhua reported. Four workers escaped and seven more were rescued; on Sunday, 17 workers remained trapped as emergency personnel tried to get them water, according to Xinhua.

The collapse came just days after a massive manmadelandslide in Shenzen killed one person and left 75 other people missing. After similar safety disasters, company officials are typically subject to severe punishment.

Arsenal FC Will Be Mine Soon- Dangote

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Nigerian business magnet, Aliko Dangote, has said that he will soon acquire London based Premiership club, Arsenal FC.

He made this known in an interview with BBC Hausa service on Tuesday.He said he will have enough time and resources to buy the club after he finishes building his refinery in Nigeria. Mr. Dangote first hinted that he would be buying the club last month.

Mr. Dangote is one of the few persons that secured the license to build new private refineries by the Nigerian government. “After we finish building the refinery, I will have ample time and resources to pay what they are asking for,” he told BBC Hausa.

Credit: premiumtimesng

China is Going to Mine the Moon for Helium-3 Fusion Fuel

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China’s Chang’e lunar probe dynasty is already having a great year. The Chang’e 3 lunar lander surpassed all expectations last week to emerge from its 14th hibernation while the Chang’e 5-T1 just completed its transfer from the Earth-Moon Lagrange Point 2 into a stable orbit around the Moon. Chang’e 3’s main mission was only to take spectrographic and ground penetrating radar measurements, but the Chang’e 5 missions will bring back the first samples containing the actual prize — fusion-ready helium-3.

One of the main reasons helium-3 is sought as a fusion fuel is because there are no neutrons generated as a reaction product. The protons that do get generated have charge, and can therefore be safely contained using electromagnetic fields. Early dreamers imagined that Saturn or Jupiter would be the ideal places to try and get their hands on some helium-3, but it now appears that the Chinese have set their sights on the Moon.

Read More: extremetech.com