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China coal mine blast kills one, traps 18: state media
Beijing (AFP) Dec 30, 2007 An explosion in a northeast China coal mine has killed one miner and trapped 18 others in the latest accident to hit the country's deadly mining sector, state media reported said Sunday. The explosion occurred Saturday evening in a coal mine near Mudanjiang city in frigid Heilongjiang province, Xinhua news agency said, quoting local work safety sources. At least a dozen miners were working underground at the privately owned mine when the blast occurred. Two people were subsequently rescued, it said. Rescue operations were continuing, Xinhua added. China's coal mines are among the most dangerous in the world, with safety standards often ignored in the quest for profits amid sky-rocketing demand for coal, the source of about 70 percent of the booming country's energy. Earlier this month, 105 miners died after an underground gas explosion in a coal mine in northern Shanxi province. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Surviving the Pits
Would-be rescuers died in China mine accident: state media
Beijing (AFP) Dec 8, 2007Dozens of miners rushed into a Chinese coal mine in a futile bid to save colleagues stricken by a gas explosion, almost doubling the death toll, state media said Saturday. |
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