Mine Disasters

73 miners die, 113 injured in China mine blast

February 22, 2009
73 miners die, 113 injured in China mine blast

A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, killing at least 73 miners and trapping dozens in the still-burning shaft, state media said. China’s mines are the world’s most dangerous with more than 3,000 deaths a year in fires, floods and explosions. The pre-dawn blast occurred while 436 workers...
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Trapped Chinese miners freed after flood

November 19, 2008

Thirty-two of 34 workers trapped in the flooding of a central China mine have been rescued, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday. One worker died, and the last was missing, Xinhua said. The rescued workers were rushed to a hospital and were in “poor” condition, according to the news agency. The mine in...
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36 dead in two mine accidents

September 21, 2008

BEIJING, China (AP) — Chinese state media say at least 36 people have been killed in two mine accidents. The official Xinhua News Agency said Sunday that 31 people were killed and nine others were missing after a gas explosion in a private mine near Dengfeng city in Henan province in central China. It...
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