Posts Tagged ‘mine’

The death toll in a flooded coal mine grows heavy at nine in central China

June 30th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Rescuers have recovered the body Saturday morning of the last miner missing after a flooded coal mine occurred 12 days ago in Hunan province (central), increasing the death toll to nine.
Rescuers found the body of the last victim to 05H20 in the...

11 miners killed in a gas explosion in a coal mine in northeast China

June 27th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Eleven miners were confirmed dead after a gas explosion which occurred last Friday in a coal mine in Hebei province in northeast China, announced Tuesday rescuers.
The victims’ bodies had been recovered by Tuesday morning, according to the...

Two mining accidents blocking 45 people in central China

June 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
A flood at a mine has trapped 12 people in the central Chinese province of Hunan, following a mine blast that took place earlier in the Henan province (central), blocking 33 miners.
The flooding occurred at 15:40 Monday in the Changcheng mine in...

Gas explosion: the death toll to rise to 26 in north China

April 22nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Rescuers found 7 new body after gas blast Wednesday in a coal mine in northern Shanxi province, rich in coal, bringing the death toll to 26, according to local authorities.
The gas blast occurred Wednesday at about 11:30. 106 miners working unde...

Families of victims of a fire in a mine have each received 200 000 yuan compensation

April 13th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The families of six miners who were killed last Sunday in a fire in a mine in northern China, each received compensation of 200 000 yuan (U.S. $ 25 600).
The fire broke out at 15:40 last Sunday in a coal mine district Dongliang in the city of Fu...

The death toll rose to 19 dead after gas blast occurred in northern China

April 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of 19 of the 21 miners trapped after a gas blast occurred Sunday evening in a coal mine in Jincheng, a city in Shanxi province (north).
Relief operations are continuing to find the trapped miners, said the prov...

Prosecutors have charged seven people in the murder of a journalist

April 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The prosecution has charged seven people involved in the murder in January of a journalist in Shanxi province (north China).
spokesman of the Bureau of Public Security Datong said that the Office of Public Safety District Hunyuan had completed t...

21 miners trapped in a mine in northern China

April 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
21 miners were trapped after a gas blast in a coal mine in the city of Jincheng in Shanxi province (north China).
The explosion occurred Sunday in the coal mine Miaojiang, but the boss of the mine has not informed the Governement immediately, th...

Cambodia and Canada will hold a conference on mining

January 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Cambodia and Canada announced their intention to organize an international conference on landmines in Phnom Penh between 12 and March 14, said Monday a press release.
The conference will bring together representatives from Asia South-East, Europ...

China: 7 dead and 8 injured in explosion at coal mine in Liaoning

December 11th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
7 miners were killed and 8 others wounded in a gas blast occurred Thursday afternoon in a coal mine in Liaoning Province (northeast China), announced Friday the local authorities.
The explosion occurred around 13:40, in the coal mine Qiupigou th...