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Hopes fade for miners as fatal blast toll hits 92

National
2009-11-23

THE death toll from China's latest coal-mine disaster reached 92 yesterday, and hopes dimmed that more survivors would emerge after a gas blast at a colliery in the nation's far northeast. A total of 528 workers...

Death toll from Heilongjiang colliery explosion rises to 87

National
2009-11-22

DEATH toll from the deadly coal mine blast in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has risen to 87 as of 7 am today, said local authorities. Another 21 are still trapped in the shaft. The blast happened...

42 miners die in blast, 66 trapped

National
2009-11-22

A GAS explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China yesterday, killing at least 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground with rescuers working frantically to save them. The gas blast...

Rescue launched for 7 trapped miners in Heilongjiang

National
2009-11-13

RESCUERS are attempting to find seven workers trapped underground after a coal mine was flooded yesterday in northeast China. The flooding occurred at around 3:30 pm at the privately-owned Guoming mine, in Baoqing...

3 miners rescued after being trapped for 8 days

National
2009-10-25

THREE coal mine workers were rescued early this morning after being trapped underground for more than eight days in the northwest Shaanxi Province. Rescuers pulled up the three men to the ground from the pit of...

Police detain suspects in coal mine clash

National
2009-10-21

POLICE in Linxian County of Shanxi Province have detained 24 suspects who were allegedly involved in a violent clash last week over the ownership of a coal mine. Four people died and 14 were injured during the fighting,...

Gas leak kills 10 miner

National
2009-10-9

A COAL mine gas leak has killed 10 miners in China's southwestern Guizhou Province, local authorities said today. A group of 14 miners were working underground in an unlicensed coal mine when the accident took...

Official sacked over coal mine blast as rescue continues

National
2009-8-25

AN official has been sacked after a coal mine gas blast killed 11 construction workers in north China's Shanxi Province. Rescuers were still searching for three missing workers today. The explosion took place...

11 dead in coal mine blast in Shanxi

National
2009-8-25

AT least 11 people are dead and three are missing after a coal mine gas blast yesterday in Shanxi Province, the local coal industry authority said. The explosion ripped through a shaft of the Xingguang Coal Industry...

Death toll rises to 6 from coal mine gas blast in Xinjiang

National
2009-7-5

THE death toll from a coal mine gas blast in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region rose to six today after rescuers pronounced three people dead five days after they were trapped underground. The...