A car accident inside a Russian mining plant resulted in the death of 5 workers.

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17/03/2026
According to Russian authorities on the 17th, a mining and mineral processing joint factory in the Belgorod region in southwestern Russia experienced a collision between vehicles on the 16th, resulting in the deaths of 5 workers. It is reported that within the factory premises of the Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Integrated Works in Belgorod region, a heavy-duty dump truck transporting ore collided with an off-road vehicle, causing the deaths of 5 workers in the off-road vehicle. The factory posted on social media that the cause of the accident is under investigation. The Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Integrated Works is the largest iron ore mining and processing enterprise in Russia and the CIS countries.