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The author argues on the plan of conglomerate mining company Grupo México to use the revive its mining operations at the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, a protected region wherein industrial activities are banned.

Stunned relatives held a vigil on Wednesday outside a mine in northern Mexico where the fate of nine workers remained unknown after an explosion that killed at least five of their colleagues. Rescuers used picks, shovels and their hands to tunnel through dirt, wood, metal and rock in a frantic effort to reach the miners after an explosion on Tuesday at the mine in Coahuila State. The federal attorney general's office, which promised to open an investigation, said the explosion in the primitive, vertical-shaft mine was caused by a gas buildup. The explosion was so powerful that it seriously injured a 15-year-old boy working on a conveyor belt outside the pit. Labor Secretary Javier Lozano said it was very unlikely that any miners inside could have withstood the force of the blast. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that the 37 people were killed and several hundred injured when a truck carrying explosives met with an accident in Mexico City, Mexico. The truck, which had been leased by Orica, a company that transports explosives for the mining industry, caught fire after crashing into a pick up truck. According to state secretary of public security Fausto Detenave Kuri, the truck had been carrying 50,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate.

The article reports that several more than fifty miners have been trapped in a tunnel after an explosion under Unidad Pasta de los Conchos mine on February 19, 2006 in Mexico.

The article report developments in the efforts to rescue trapped miners during an accident at the Unidad Pasta de los Conchos in San Juan de las Sabinas in Mexico.

Describes how rising oil prices will impact costs for drivers in the United States during the winter of 2004-2005. How heating-oil contracts for November deliveries rose by one cent to $1.43 a gallon; Consideration of how the price of heating oil rose after some refineries in the Gulf of Mexico were closed due to Hurricane Ivan; Speculation from analysts that crude oil prices may reach $60 a barrel if supplies were interrupted or the winter were very cold; Ability of prices to drop if markets are reassured about Gulf of Mexico production and agreements between the striking workers' union in Nigeria.

Reports on the strike carried out by workers at the copper mine and refinery at La Caridad in northern Mexico.