26 killed as lifts plunge in China mineOctober 9th, 2009 CHANGSHA - Twenty-six miners were killed when two lifts plunged into a tin ore mine in central China's Hunan province, rescuers said. Rescuers said Thursday that 19 miners were killed on the spot.
Seven killed, 30 injured in Polish coal mine fireSeptember 18th, 2009 WARSAW - Seven miners were killed and about 30 suffered burns in a fire in the Wujek coal mine in southern Poland, media reports said Friday. Rescuers were attempting to save one miner who remained underground after the accident in the country's coal-rich Silesia region.
12 killed in Polish coal mine fireSeptember 18th, 2009 WARSAW - Twelve miners were killed and some 16 were hospitalised with burns after a fire in the KWK Wujek Slask coal mine in southern Poland, media reports said Friday. Fifteen miners were seriously injured, TVN 24news broadcaster reported.
13 trapped in China gold mine fireSeptember 8th, 2009 ZHENGZHOU - A fire broke out Wednesday morning in a gold mine in central China's Henan province, trapping 13 miners including seven who had gone to rescue them, authorities said. The fire has not been brought under control, according to the city's coal mine industry bureau.
China says coal mine blast kills 35 in Henan province, with 44 more trappedSeptember 7th, 2009 China says coal mine blast kills 35 in HenanBEIJING — A coal mine blast killed 35 miners in central Henan province Tuesday and left an additional 44 trapped, the government said Tuesday. The pre-dawn explosion happened at Xinhua No.
Poisonous gas in graphite mine in central China kills 15August 29th, 2009 Poisonous gas in mine kills 15 in ChinaBEIJING — Chinese state media say 15 miners have died after inhaling poisonous gas at a graphite mine. The official Xinhua News Agency says the accident occurred Friday afternoon at the Jicai Graphite Mine near Chenzhou City in central Hunan province.
11 miners dead, 3 missing, in northern China mine blastAugust 25th, 2009 11 miners dead in northern China mine blastBEIJING — A gas blast in a coal mine in northern China killed 11 and left three miners missing, state media reported. The explosion ripped through a mine shaft in Jinzhong city in Shanxi province on Monday morning, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Torrential rains hinder efforts to rescue 23 trapped miners in northeastern ChinaJuly 23rd, 2009 Rain hinders efforts to rescue 23 miners in ChinaBEIJING — Heavy rains hindered efforts to rescue 23 miners who became trapped early Thursday in flooding at a mine in northeastern China, a local authority said. After a week of torrential storms, the Xinyongfeng Coal Mine in Heilongjiang province flooded around 2 a.m.
Three Chinese miners found alive after surviving 25 days trapped in mineJuly 13th, 2009 Chinese miners freed after 25 daysBEIJING — Three miners have been found alive after surviving 25 days trapped in a flooded mine in southern China, a local official said Monday. The miners drank water that seeped through the earth, said Wang Guangneng, a Communist Party spokesman in the Guizhou province county of Qinglong.
3 Chinese miners found alive after trapped 25 days in flooded mineJuly 13th, 2009 BEIJING — Three miners have been found alive after being trapped for 25 days in a flooded mine in southern China, a local official said Monday. The miners drank water that seeped through the earth, said Wang Guangneng, a Communist Party spokesman in the Guizhou province county of Qinglong.
More miners found dead in South Africa, toll over 60June 2nd, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The toll in one of the worst mining accidents in South Africa in recent years rose to 67 Tuesday as more bodies of illegal miners who died at a gold mine in Free State province were brought to the surface. The police said 25 more bodies had been recovered from Harmony Gold Mining Company's Eland mine Tuesday.
Bodies of 42 illegal miners found in South AfricaJune 1st, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The bodies of 42 illegal miners, who are believed to have suffocated when a fire broke out underground at a gold mine in South Africa, have been recovered, police said Monday. Harmony Gold, the world's fifth-largest gold producer, said in a statement that 36 illegal miners had died underground at its Eland shaft in central Free State province at the weekend.
Death toll in Chinese mine blast rises to 30May 31st, 2009 CHONGQING - The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in China's southwesten Chongqing region rose to 30 as rescuers recovered five more bodies, authorities said Sunday. The accident occurred at 11 a.m.
11 killed, 96 trapped in China coal mine blastFebruary 22nd, 2009 TAIYUAN - At least 11 miners were killed and 96 trapped in a coal mine following a gas explosion in northern China Sunday, officials said. The blast occurred at 2 a.m.
At least 96 trapped in China coal mine accidentFebruary 22nd, 2009 TAIYUN - At least 96 miners were trapped inside a coal mine following a gas blast in northern China Sunday. The accident occurred at about 2: 00 a.m.
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