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13 Miners Feared Dead In China After Alleged Cover-Up Beijing (AFP) March 9, 2008 
Rescuers fear 13 workers trapped in a coal mine that caught fire in northeast China are dead, after the owner initially claimed they were safe, delaying efforts to find them, state media said Sunday. The owner allegedly told authorities that no one was missing late Wednesday after the fire started in the mine near Hegang city in Heilongjiang province, the Xinhua news agency reported. ... read more |
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China mines face safety dangers after cold snap: report
Beijing (AFP) Feb 18, 2008The recent freezing weather that crippled parts of China could trigger a string of coal mining accidents as collieries ramp up operations after the Lunar New Year holiday, state media said Monday. The build-up of lethal gases, flooding and unstable power supplies could all lead to more accidents in the country's already-dangerous mining industry, the State Administration of Work Safety ... more Twenty-four dead in mine explosion: report 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 19, 2008Twenty-four people were killed and five injured in an explosion at an illegal iron mine in northern China, local government officials said Monday, according to state news agency Xinhua. The explosion happened on Sunday at the mine in Hebei Province, which is disguised as a wild boar farm, trapping 30 people, the local government said, according to Xinhua. A total of 24 bodies had been ... more Nine dead in China mine explosion: report 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 2, 2008Nine workers died Saturday when a gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northwest China, the official Xinhua news agency said, quoting local government officials. Twelve miners were at work in an underground shaft when the accident occured at the Xiayukou Colliery in Hancheng city, Shaanxi province, at 12:28 pm (0428 GMT), it said. Five miners made their way above ground, but two l ... more China coal mine blast toll rises to 25: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 30, 2008The death toll in a northern China coal mine explosion rose to 25, state media said Wednesday, five more than originally reported following the January 20 blast at the illegal colliery. Rescuers found four more bodies on Monday night, while the body of another miner had been "hidden," Xinhua news agency said without explanation. The blast occurred on January 20 as a group of miners illeg ... more Corruption fuels China mine disasters: minister 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 22, 2008Corruption is a key factor in the frequency of horrific accidents in China's notoriously deadly coal mines, the country's top workplace safety official said Tuesday. "Graft and trading power for money still exist among a small number of government employees," Li Yizhong, minister of the State Administration of Work Safety, told reporters when asked to explain the reasons for the accidents. ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 31, 2007Eighteen miners who were trapped by a coal mine explosion in northeast China were confirmed dead on Monday, bringing the final toll to 19, state media reported. Rescuers had found the bodies of all 18 missing after the accident, which occurred Saturday evening in a coal mine near Mudanjiang city in northeastern Heilongjiang province, Xinhua news agency said. One other victim had already ... more China coal mine blast kills one, traps 18: state media
Beijing (AFP) Dec 30, 2007An 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 worki ... more 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. The accident in Hongtong county in northern Shanxi province has claimed at least 104 lives, state television said, in the latest horrific accident to highlight appalling safety conditions in China's coal mining industry. ... more China mine toll reaches 104 as anger mounts: official media 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 7, 2007The death toll from China's latest major coal mine disaster stood at 104 on Friday, official media said, as hopes for survivors ebbed in a tragedy compounded by bungled rescue efforts. Rescuers said they had almost finished searching the mine in northern China's Shanxi province following a gas explosion Thursday and found 104 bodies, according to the Xinhua news agency, which had earlier rep ... more China mine blast kills 70, traps 26: official media
Beijing (AFP) Dec 6, 2007At least 70 people were killed and 26 others trapped after an explosion at a coal mine in northern China Thursday, with the tragedy magnified by chaotic rescue work, official media said. The gas blast occurred just after midnight at a mine in Linfen city, a coal-rich area in Shanxi province, the State Administration of Mine Safety said, in the latest tragedy to hit China's notoriously unsafe ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Nov 28, 2007Concern is growing in China that rapid investment in mines, spurred by a global spike in metal prices, will have devastating environmental consequences, state media said Wednesday. The ecological damage is particularly acute in small mines, the Beijing Business Today newspaper reported. This is because of "reckless and disordered" digging, and low market entry barriers, meaning even comp ... more Cleaner coal key part of energy supply: environmentalists 
Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 26, 2007Coal power stations will remain central to the world's energy supply for the next 40 years, but they must slash emissions to avoid pushing up global temperatures, an environmental group said Monday. The plants could still provide 20 percent of the world's energy needs in 2050 with only a limited rise in temperatures if they used technology that could capture carbon dioxide, said Ina Pozon, c ... more British, Chinese to study China's energy 
London (UPI) Nov 21, 2007 British scientists said they are in China to study the feasibility of building coal-fired power plants capable of capturing and storing carbon dioxide. The Near Zero Emissions Coal Phase I study in Beijing will implement the concepts of a large-scale carbon capture demonstration project in China agreed upon during the European Union-China summit in September 2005, British Geological Sur ... more China coal mine death toll rises to 35 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 11, 2007The number of miners killed in a coal mine gas leak in southwest China has risen to 35, after rescuers found the bodies of the last missing workers, state media reported Sunday. The last three missing miners' bodies were found on Saturday and early Sunday in Qunli coal mine in Guizhou province, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the local rescue centre. Investigations showed the gas le ... more Coal mine gas leak kills 29
Beijing (AFP) Nov 9, 2007Twenty-nine miners have died following a gas leak in a coal mine in southwest China and six are still missing, state press reported early Friday. The gas leak at Qunli coal mine in Guizhou Province occurred at 2:10 pm (0610 GMT) Thursday when 86 miners were working in the shaft, the Xinhua news agency said. Fifty-two people were rescued but one died after emergency treatment, rescuers sa ... more
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