[QODLink]
Asia-Pacific
Many dead in China mine blasts
At least 17 miners killed in two separate coal mine explosions, state media says.
Last Modified: 28 Dec 2009 14:41 GMT
Poor safety has made China's mining
industry the world's deadliest [EPA]

At least 17 people have been killed in two separate coal mine explosions in China, state media has reported..

While an explosion killed 12 miners in northern China, another five were killed and six trapped in an accident in the southwest of the country.

The official Xinhua News Agency said the 12 miners were killed in Shanxi province when a pocket of gas was ignited. Four others survived.


Xinhua said the other five were killed at a coal mine in Yunan province also as a result of a gas explosion.

China's mining industry is the world's deadliest with most accidents blamed on poor safety as enterprises scramble to feed the country's insatiable demand for coal.

Last month 108 miners were killed in a coal mine blast in northeast China. It was the country's deadliest mining accident in two years.
Source:
Agencies
Featured on Al Jazeera
An unflinching portrait of physical labour in the 21st century.
The stark choice between a fascist or an imperialist course in Syria should be discarded for a third and better course.
Israel's propaganda machine carefully chooses its words to assert illegal ownership over Jerusalem and Palestine.
As Western fears grow over Iran's continuing nuclear programme, we ask how a military strike could impact the region.
<  > 
join our mailing list

Enter Zip Code
Go