22 miners trapped in NE China coal mine
HARBIN - Twenty-two workers were trapped under a coal mine that caught fire on Friday night in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, local authorities said. The fire broke out at about 11 p.m. at a...
View ArticleAt least 21 killed in China coal mine fire
Nov 21, Beijing: A fire at a mine in north-eastern China has killed at least 21 people with one person going missing. According to the Chinese state news agency Xinhua, the mine at a state-owned...
View ArticleNortheast China Coal Mine Fire Kills 21 Workers, Xinhua Says
A state-owned coal mine caught fire on Friday in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, leaving 21 workers dead and one missing, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing the local government....
View ArticleAt least 21 workers killed in China coal mine fire
A state-owned coal mine caught fire on Friday in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, leaving 21 workers dead and one missing, the Xinhua News Agency reported, citing the local government. The...
View Article21 dead in NE China colliery fire
HARBIN - Rescuers have found bodies of 21 workers and are searching for another missing after a coal mine caught fire on Friday night in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The fire broke out at...
View ArticleDeath toll of NE China colliery fire rises to 22
HARBIN, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-two miners were confirmed dead following a coal mine fire in northeastern China. The body of the...
View ArticleCoal mine fire in northeastern China kills 21
Authorities say a late-night fire at a coal mine has killed 21 people and left one missing in the northeastern Chinese...
View ArticleChina coal mine fire kills 21 - state media
A fire at a mine in north-eastern China has killed 21 people, and one person is still missing, state media report. The fire began on Friday at...
View Article21 killed in China coal mine fire
At least 21 people were killed in a fire in a coal mine in China’s Heilongjiang province. Rescuers on Saturday found 21 bodies and were searching for another miner missing after a coal mine caught fire...
View Article21 Dead in China Coal Mine Fire
VOA News Chinese state media said 21 workers were killed when a fire broke out at a coal mine late Friday in a northeastern city. Rescue workers are searching for one other missing worker at the...
View ArticleFire in coal mine in China kills 21, leaves 1 missing
BEIJING (AP) — A late-night fire at a coal mine killed 21 people and left one missing in the northeastern Chinese province of Heilongjiang, local authorities and state media said Saturday. The fire...
View ArticleCoal mine fire traps 22 underground in China
Beijing: Twenty-two workers have been trapped underground at a coal mine which caught fire in China's northeastern Heilongjiang Province. The fire that broke out last night at the coal mine in Jixi...
View ArticleChina coal mine blaze kills 21 workers
A late-night fire at a coal mine killed 21 people and left one missing in China's northeastern province of Heilongjiang. State-run Xinhua news agency said...
View Article21 killed in coal-mine fire in northeast of mainland China
An underground fire claimed at least 21 lives at a coal mine in northeastern Heilongjiang province, state media reported yesterday, the latest fatal accident in the mainland's troubled resources...
View ArticleCoal mine fire in northeast China kills 21
SHANGHAI: At least 21 people died in a fire at a mine operated by northeast China's biggest state-owned coal company, state media reported on Saturday, the latest accident in the country's...
View ArticleCoal mine fire in northeast China kills 21: state media
A fire at a coal mine in China's northeastern province of Heilongjiang has killed 21 people with one still missing, state media reported on Saturday, the latest accident in the...
View ArticleChina coal mine fire kills more than 20
Sixteen underground workers managed to escape, say Chinese authorities, in disaster at Jixi, near border with Russia...
View ArticleChronology: Major mining disasters
Severe mining accidents can happen anywhere people dig for coal or other resources underground. Chinese miners are particularly vulnerable because of inadequate security measures and poor training. But...
View ArticleDeath toll rises to 232 in Turkey mine explosion
>• The death toll of Turkey's coal mine accident Tuesday has risen to 232 Wednesday. • Prime Minister Erdogan has arrived at the site of the accident in the western province of Manisa. • The...
View ArticleExplosion at Chinese coal mine traps 27 miners
An explosion in a Chinese coal mine has trapped 27 workers underground, according to state media reports. The blast at the privately owned mine in Huainan city resulted in...
View ArticleChina Mine Blast Leaves Dozens Trapped
VOA News A gas explosion in an eastern China coal mine early Tuesday has trapped 27 workers. Chinese state media said 12 other miners have been rescued from a privately run coal...
View ArticleSix China miners saved after 7 days underground
Six men were rescued from a flooded Chinese coal mine Monday having survived a week underground after at least four of their co-workers were killed, state media said. Another five workers were still...
View ArticleCold wind blows through China’s ailing coal industry amid job cuts and...
Beneath the mask of official Chinese jobless figures, barely changed through thick and thin since 2002, the northeast mining city of Jixi bears the scars of China’s slowing economy and ailing heavy...
View ArticleChina coal town bears scars of waning growth
By David Stanway JIXI, China (Reuters) - Beneath the mask of official Chinese jobless figures, barely changed through thick and thin since 2002, the northeast mining city of Jixi bears the scars of...
View ArticleBlast in China coal mine traps 27 miners
BEIJING — An explosion Tuesday in a coal mine in eastern China trapped 27 workers underground, state media reported. Twelve other miners were lifted out of the privately owned mine in...
View ArticleBlast in China coal mine kills 2, traps 25 miners
BEIJING (AP) — A gas explosion at a coal mine in eastern China has killed at least two miners, and rescuers searched Wednesday for 25 more workers missing in the blast, state media reported. Twelve...
View Article36 killed in 2 coal mine accidents in China
Thirty-six coal mine workers have been killed in northeast China in two separate coal mine accidents in as many days, raising fresh concerns over their safety in the world’s biggest coal producer....
View ArticleNortheast China sees two coal mine disasters in two days (CLB - China Labour...
(Source: CLB - China Labour Bulletin) At least 13 workers were killed and ten injured in a coal mine fire in the north-eastern province of Liaoning yesterday, while in Heilongjiang on 16 December, a...
View ArticleChina coal mine fire traps 22 underground: Xinhua
A fire at a coal mine in China's northeastern province of Heilongjiang has trapped 22 people underground with rescue efforts now underway, state...
View ArticleCoal mine fire in China kills 21, state media say
At least 21 people died in a fire at a mine operated by northeast China’s biggest state-owned coal company, state media reported yesterday, the latest accident in the country’s trouble-plagued...
View ArticleTwo detained over cover-up of China's mine flood accident
JIXI, Heilongjiang, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Two mine managers have been detained for their cover-up of a coal mine flood accident in northeast China as...
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