China to step up safety checks on major state-owned coal mines

42 dead, 66 trapped after China mine blast

By: intellectual

An explosion at a coal mine in northeast China has killed at least 42 workers, state news agency Xinhua says, citing emergency services. A further 66 are trapped and first-aid workers are searching for them, according to the agency, in the latest deadly incident to hit the industry. The blast happened at 2:30am yesterday at a mine in Heilongjiang ...

4 days ago

Mine explosion in China kills 42

By: prabirghose

At least 42 people are reported to have been killed and hundreds more lie trapped in the debris of the mine explosion in Harbin, China. There were over 500 miners underground at the time of the explosion and over 300 are believed to have escaped. The world’s deadliest blast occurred just before dawn in the Xinxing coal mine bordering with ...

4 days ago

Vice President to Present National Safety Awards

By: chnarendra

The Vice President Shri M. Hamid Ansari will present the National Safety Awards (Mines) for the year 2007 here tomorrow. The Ministry of Labour & Employment, instituted the National Safety Awards (Mines) in the year 1982-83 to recognize and encourage the exemplary performance for prevention of accidents in Mines. These awards were given ...

about 1 month ago

Hegang Coal Mine Explosion Death Toll Nearing The 100-Mark

By: JonathanAquino

  In the most lethal explosion in two years, fatalities at the coal mine explosion in Hegang, China has soared to 87, soon to hit the 100-mark. “The pre-dawn blast Saturday at the state-run Xinxing mine in Heilongjiang (pronounced HAY-long-jeeahng) province near the border with Russia was the latest to hit China's mining industry &...

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